Teachers strike called off after council pledges to drop education cuts
The union has confirmed that the action has been suspended following an offer from the council’s SNP group to withdraw future planned education cuts and a promise that additional Scottish Government funding will be used to increase the number of teachers working in schools to 2023 levels.
Teachers in Glasgow vote overwhelmingly to strike over education cuts
Teachers in Glasgow vote overwhelmingly to strike over education cuts - Some 95% of EIS union members who voted backed industrial action in protest to cuts by Glasgow City Council.
Date of next Glasgow teacher strike confirmed
Glasgow teachers will go on strike on Thursday, February 20 in a bid to force the council into a rethink over job cuts.
Teacher strikes halted as council to drop job cuts
Members of the Educational Institute of (EIS) teaching union were to walk out on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed. The EIS said strike action has been suspended following an offer from the Glasgow City Council SNP group to withdraw future planned education cuts and a promise to use Scottish government funding to increase teacher numbers to 2023 levels.
Glasgow teacher strikes called off after council offer to drop job cuts
A strike by teachers in Glasgow has been suspended following talks between unions and the city council. Members of the Educational Institute of Scotland teaching union were to go out on strike on 20 February unless ongoing education cuts were halted and reversed.
Glasgow teachers vote in favour of strike action
Glasgow’s teachers have voted in favour of strike action in opposition to the city council’s ongoing programme of education cuts.
Education cuts to be scrapped in Glasgow in bid to halt strike
EDUCATION cuts in Glasgow will be removed from the budget next week after strike talks between the council and the teachers’ union.
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Glasgow teachers vote to strike in cuts protest
Members of the the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) teaching union who took part in the ballot voted 95% to 5% in favour of walking out unless the ongoing programme of cuts is halted and ...
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Edinburgh education: How violence in schools is seeing teachers scratched, bitten and having bones broken
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