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Eis Announces 16 New Strike Dates For Teachers As Dispute Over 5% Pay Offer Intensifies

[IMG][/IMG] The EIS has announced an additional sixteen days of strike action in schools across Scotland, as a dispute over a sub-inflationary 5% pay offer for teachers intensifies. Yesterday, in the first day of national pay strike action by teachers in four decades, EIS members were on the picket lines as the strike led to the closure of every state school on mainland Scotland. [Read Full Article]