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school s out with tens of thousands of teachers in scotland walking out, hundreds of thousands of children affected and parents left making alternative plans for their kids. so it s going to be a bit of a stressful day for them. whilst some parents will be supporting the strike action, i m sure deep down every parent will really be worrying about the change to schedule, trying to managed childcare, trying to manage kids at home, juggle work and it s just going to be a worrying day. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers in scotland receive a rise of up to 6.85%. it s more than the previous 5% offer, but it s well below the 10% rise that unions want. a 10% increase isjust unaffordable for the scottish government. we have a fixed budget. it is already fully utilised for this year. so to do anything that would increase the resolution that we have on this would mean that money would have to come from elsewhere.
from scotland s biggest teachers union, the eis, are striking over pay. they should have had a pay rise in their bank accounts on the 15t of april they have received nothing, zero. we are now towards the end of november, we ve got a cost of living crisis and we ve got a backdrop of teachers pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably they are very, very angry. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers receive a rise of up to 6.85%, more than the previous 5% offer but well below the 10% increase the unions want. teachers say they re angry and frustrated at the latest pay offer, but the scottish government says 10% is just not affordable. we have a fixed budget and it is already fully utilised for this year so to do anything that would increase the resolution we have on this would mean that money would have to come from elsewhere, so i m very disappointed we re moving to strike action.
they braved the cold at this picket line in cambuslang this morning. most primary and secondary schools across the country are closed. thousands of teachers from scotland s biggest teachers union, the eis, are striking over pay. they should have had a pay rise in their bank accounts on the 1st of april they have received nothing, zero. we are now towards the end of november, we ve got a cost of living crisis and we ve got a backdrop of teachers pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably they are very, very angry. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers receive a rise of up to 6.85%, more than the previous 5% offer but well below the 10% increase the unions want. teachers say they re angry and frustrated at the latest pay offer, but the scottish government says 10% is just not affordable. we have a fixed budget and it is already fully utilised
from scotland s biggest teachers union, the eis, are striking over pay. they should have had a pay rise in their bank accounts on the 1st of april they have received nothing, zero. we are now towards the end of november, we ve got a cost of living crisis and we ve got a backdrop of teachers pay having declined to the tune of 25% since 2008, so understandably they are very, very angry. the latest deal on the table would have seen lower paid teachers receive a rise of up to 6.85%, more than the previous 5% offer but well below the 10% increase the unions want. teachers say they re angry and frustrated at the latest pay offer, but the scottish government says 10% is just not affordable. we have a fixed budget and it is already fully utilised for this year so to do anything that would increase the resolution we have on this would mean that money would have to come