Scotland's largest teaching union hits out at North Lanarkshire Council over non-renewal of teacher contracts

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Scotland’s largest teaching union, has hit out at North Lanarkshire Council’s notification to around 130 teachers late last Friday that they would be out of work after the summer break.

Without warning, around 80 primary teachers and 50 secondary teachers received emails last thing on Friday, stating that the council was unable to offer temporary or fixed term contracts to them from August.

The EIS has since received numerous emails from very distressed members who face the prospect of unemployment post-summer as the cost-of-living crisis continues to bite.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.

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