Teachers' union EIS calls off strikes as it accepts pay offer
dailyrecord.co.ukMembers of Scotland’s largest teaching union have voted to accept a pay deal and have called off strikes. Teachers with the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) backed a deal which will see a 7 per cent pay rise backdated to April 2022, a further 5 per cent next month, and another 2 per cent in January.
This was the sixth deal that was put to them.Some 90 per cent of EIS members who took part in the vote backed the pay offer, with 10 per cent rejecting it.
There was a turnout of 82 per cent.It comes after the Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA) union announced its members had backed the offer on Thursday.EIS and SSTA leaders had recommended members accept the deal.NASUWT members are also involved in the dispute.
NASUWT general secretary Patrick Roach slammed the latest offer from Scottish Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville as “only a paltry improvement” on the previous proposal.That union is also balloting its members on the deal.The EIS members’ approval of the deal came after a breakthrough in negotiations last week which saw the union pause strikes set to be staged in the constituencies of senior politicians.
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