Teaching union vote to strike

Published on Tuesday 22 November 2011 00:00

MEMBERS of Scotland’s second-largest teaching union have voted to join a national strike planned for next week.

The Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA), which represents 9,000 members, said it was “reluctantly” joining a UK-wide walkout, which will see Scottish teachers take part in their first nationwide strike since 1986.

The SSTA said two-thirds of its members had voted, with 79 per cent in favour of strike action over changes being made to public sector pensions.

Ann Ballinger, the union’s general secretary, said: “It’s an overwhelming vote, very reluctantly, in favour of industrial action. This is another attempt to dismantle the terms and conditions that have been hard-fought and hard-won.”

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Leisure_suit_Larry

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 09:53 PM

Lets bring in some Poles to do the teaching , they might even improve the standards given that Poland are now ahead of us in the OECD comparison study.

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Phil C

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 05:06 PM

More turkeys voting for Christmas. More selfish simpletons voting against a fair settlement

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Kobi

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 04:34 PM

#1 Simple. More members of the EIS cannot read or write than members of the SSTA.

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Sawney Has-Been

Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 07:07 AM

Despite mailing problems, a higher turn out than the 'militant EIS?'

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