The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS), the country’s biggest teaching union, welcomed the deal, which was struck through the Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers (SNCT), representing teachers, councils and the government.
However, the EIS general secretary, Larry Flanagan, said it would resist further squeezes on real-terms salaries in the coming years as the economy picks up.
After 90 per cent of members voted to accept it, he said: “Teachers have recognised the positive elements of this hard-won package, including important gains on short-term supply teacher pay, salary protection for former chartered teachers, and agreement in principle to maintain teacher numbers while tackling growing teacher workload.”
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