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Teaching union issues formal notices on strike ballot

Scotland’s largest teaching union has issued formal notices to the country’s 32 councils confirming a statutory strike ballot will open for teachers on October 12. The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) confirmed on Wednesday that it will move ...

05 Oct 2022 at 20:08

Scotland

Teachers’ union says 3.5% pay offer is ‘profoundly disappointing’

Scotland’s largest teachers’ union has said a revised 3.5% pay offer is “profoundly disappointing”, adding it is likely to ballot members on their willingness to take industrial action. The EIS said the offer would be seen as an insult by teachers....

18 Aug 2022 at 16:10

Unions reject ‘derisory’ council pay offer

Scotland

Unions reject council pay offer

Strike action by council workers will go ahead after union members rejected a “derisory” pay offer, Unison has said. A fresh offer was made by local authority body Cosla on Friday, after an initial 2% pay increase was rejected. Its new proposal ...

15 Aug 2022 at 23:05

Scotland

School and early years staff in nine local authorities to strike in pay dispute

School and early years staff from nine local authority areas are set to walk out three weeks into the school term amid a dispute over pay. A three-day strike will start on September 6 for education staff in Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, ...

23 Aug 2022 at 14:47

Nicola Sturgeon: I hope latest council pay offer will end Edinburgh ‘disruption’

Nicola Sturgeon has said she hopes a new pay offer to local government workers will end the “disruption” in Edinburgh – where a strike by council staff has left litter bins overflowing. At the same time as tourists have been flocking to ...

22 Aug 2022 at 13:21

Sturgeon urged to intervene to end ‘international embarrassment’ in Edinburgh

The Scottish Government is being urged to intervene and “prevent international embarrassment for Edinburgh and Scotland” as a strike by council staff has left litter bins overflowing in the capital. Tories and the Liberal Democrats ...

22 Aug 2022 at 19:43

Scotland’s largest union votes to accept council pay deal

Scotland’s largest trade union has voted to accept Cosla’s pay offer in a ballot of all local government workers across Scotland. On a 64% turnout, 67% of Unison members voted to accept the deal from Cosla which will provide £1,...

29 Sept 2022 at 14:10

Scotland

Teaching union issues strike ballot warning amid pay talks

A teachers’ union has announced its members will be balloted for industrial action if pay demands are not met. The NASUWT said on Thursday that it will be issuing formal notices to the Education Secretary, local authorities ...

29 Sept 2022 at 21:18

Scotland

New pay offer planned for council employees as strikes loom

Council leaders will make a new pay offer to workers as the threat of strike action looms. GMB Scotland and Unison said local authority employees across the country will strike across the country in two four-day stoppages ...

12 Aug 2022 at 18:01

Scotland

‘Plan B’ to stop Edinburgh’s bin’s overflowing during Festival – council leader

Edinburgh Council is working on a “plan B” in case refuse workers go on strike during the city’s busy Festival period later this month. Council leader Cammy Day said he hopes the industrial dispute can be resolved but ...

08 Aug 2022 at 10:38

Scotland

John Swinney tells councils they need to put up more cash to avert strikes

John Swinney said the Scottish Government will put up more than £100 million of taxpayers’ cash in a bid to avert strikes across Scotland, but then said local authorities will need to do the same. Cosla leaders met ...

05 Aug 2022 at 20:44

Scotland

Waste workers plan four-day strikes in pay row

The threat of waste and recycling worker strikes across Scotland has intensified after unions announced eight more days of action. GMB Scotland and Unison said members in local authorities across the country will ...

12 Aug 2022 at 12:34

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