Additional strike dates impacting Lanarkshire faculties have been introduced for the brand new time period, following final week’s historic first industrial motion by academics in 4 many years.
The EIS, Scotland’s largest educating union, is now organising 16 days of motion throughout Scotland in January and February – which can see members strike in North Lanarkshire on January 19 and in neighbouring South Lanarkshire on February 3.
Each dates are along with the union’s previously-announced strikes for January 10 and 11, the second and third days of the brand new time period, in major and secondary faculties respectively.
The programme of 16 consecutive days of strike motion, going down in two completely different Scottish council areas per day, was confirmed after final Thursday’s strike which closed all faculties in Lanarkshire and throughout mainland Scotland.
Employees in North Lanarkshire and counterparts in Moray will likely be on strike on January 19, within the first week of the brand new marketing campaign; whereas academics from the EIS in South Lanarkshire together with the Western Isles will stage the second-last day of motion on Friday, February 3.
All major, early years and extra help wants faculties overlaying major and joint primary-secondary ages will strike on January 10, with secondary academics plus these in secondary-only extra help wants faculties and related professionals following go well with the subsequent day.
Academics are taking motion over a “sub-inflationary” 5 per cent pay supply, with EIS normal secretary Andrea Bradley praising members for “turning out of their tens of 1000's on picket strains, at demos and at marketing campaign rallies” final week.
A spokesperson for North Lanarkshire Council advised Lanarkshire Stay: “Now we have been formally notified by the EIS educating union of its intention for members to hold out industrial motion over the nationwide pay supply in January 2023.
“We're assessing what impression the notified motion could have and can inform households of any adjustments to providers earlier than faculties break for the winter vacation.”
Ms Bradley mentioned the newest pay supply from the Scottish Authorities and native authorities organisation Cosla was “the identical 5 per cent that our members had already rejected overwhelmingly”, including: “We're decided to make a powerful stand till we obtain a considerably improved truthful pay settlement for all academics.”
Confirming the January and February strike plans, she mentioned: “Now we have been pressured into the escalation of this motion by the dearth of willingness to barter correctly and to pay academics correctly.
“It's now for the Scottish Authorities and Cosla to resolve this dispute by coming again to the negotiating desk with a considerably improved supply.”
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