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05/10/2015
Teaching Union Backs Two Year Pay Deal
Members of Scottish teaching union EIS have given their support to a two-year pay offer.
The union said 83% of its members voted overwhelmingly in favour to accept the deal.
The offer includes a 2.5% increase in pay over two years, with 1.5% for 2015/16 and a further 1% for 2016/17.
The deal was negotiated through the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers.
Commenting on the ballot, EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan said: "Teachers have acknowledged the positive elements of the overall package and the degree of financial certainty that comes with a two year agreement, even while recognising that the pay award itself is disappointing.
"That a meagre pay increase of 2.5% over two years actually exceeds current government pay policy demonstrates that teachers, in line with other public sector workers, are continuing to pay the price for an economic crisis that was not of their making.
"The EIS remains committed to pursuing future restorative pay rises to return teachers' real-terms pay to at least pre- crisis levels."
Mr Flanagan added: "The non-pay elements of the agreement are more positive, including a commitment to further consider supply teaching issues, an agreed set of principles and action on managing teacher workload and, crucially, a separate commitment from the Scottish Government on maintaining teacher numbers for the length of the agreement.
"The EIS will now work to ensure the agreed actions to address workload are delivered at local level, and will engage actively with employers on the issues of supply provision and improving the pay and conditions of supply teachers."
(LM/CD)
The union said 83% of its members voted overwhelmingly in favour to accept the deal.
The offer includes a 2.5% increase in pay over two years, with 1.5% for 2015/16 and a further 1% for 2016/17.
The deal was negotiated through the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers.
Commenting on the ballot, EIS General Secretary Larry Flanagan said: "Teachers have acknowledged the positive elements of the overall package and the degree of financial certainty that comes with a two year agreement, even while recognising that the pay award itself is disappointing.
"That a meagre pay increase of 2.5% over two years actually exceeds current government pay policy demonstrates that teachers, in line with other public sector workers, are continuing to pay the price for an economic crisis that was not of their making.
"The EIS remains committed to pursuing future restorative pay rises to return teachers' real-terms pay to at least pre- crisis levels."
Mr Flanagan added: "The non-pay elements of the agreement are more positive, including a commitment to further consider supply teaching issues, an agreed set of principles and action on managing teacher workload and, crucially, a separate commitment from the Scottish Government on maintaining teacher numbers for the length of the agreement.
"The EIS will now work to ensure the agreed actions to address workload are delivered at local level, and will engage actively with employers on the issues of supply provision and improving the pay and conditions of supply teachers."
(LM/CD)
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