Teaching union announces 22 further days of strike action across Scotland

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Children across Scotland are set to miss more days of school as a teaching union has announced 22 additional days of strikes in the ongoing pay dispute.

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said the new strike days are in addition to the previously announced 16-day programme of rolling strike action, set to begin in schools across the country next week.The EIS Executive Committee met on Friday and agreed action that will include two days of strikes in all schools and sectors on February 28 and March 1, followed by a rolling programme of strikes for 20 days between March 13 and April 21.

Each local authority area will be impacted by three consecutive days of strikes, with one day affecting all schools bookended on either side by one-day strikes in primary and secondary schools.EIS members have previously taken three days of strikes, one in November and two in January, in the continuing campaign for a fair pay settlement for the year 2022.

Primary and secondary schools were closed on Tuesday January 10 and Wednesday January 11 after last-ditch talks with the Scottish Government failed.Unions have demanded a 10% pay increase but the Scottish Government has offered 5%, including rises of up to 6.85% for the lowest-paid staff.