United Kingdom - Teaching unions announce strike ballot Scotland - March 31, 2019

In a dispute over low pay, high workload and indiscipline the second Scottish teaching union announced plans to organise a ballot over strike action. The last offer was rejected by the teachers' side of the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT) last month. This offer included a 9% rise as of April 2019, consisting of a series of 3 times 3% increases. The first of the 3 pay rises would be backdated to April 2018 and the last one would be applied in April 2020. Trade unions, the Scottish government and the local council umbrella body had their last scheduled meeting yesterday but the meeting did not end with a new offer.

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