Delegates at the annual general meeting of the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) said their mood was “hardening” towards councils as inflation-adjusted salaries have fallen 16.4 per cent from levels agreed under the 2003 McCrone deal.
The EIS has turned down a one per cent pay rise offer for 2017/18, with motions calling on members to “prepare a campaign to restore salaries to the values of the McCrone settlement, based on inflation figures, and to negotiate on this basis for next year’s pay settlement”.
Failure to reach such a deal would mean a ballot on industrial action, including strikes, from the start of the 2018/19 year, the EIS said.
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