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Scottish teachers threaten strikes unless pay demands are met

SCOTTISH teachers warned yesterday that they would strike next year unless bosses stumped up a “satisfactory” pay offer.

Delegates to teaching union EIS annual conference in Perth said their patience was exhausted following the latest round of real-terms pay cuts.

Teachers agreed earlier this year to a deal granting them just 1 per cent each year for 2013-14 and 2014-15.

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