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Teachers from the Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union take part in a rally outside the Tramway in Glasgow on day two of the strike action in a dispute over pay, March 1, 2023
SCOTLAND’S biggest teaching union has demanded action from Holyrood on the lack of job security among newly qualified teachers.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) warned more new educators are being employed on short-term, temporary contracts, pushing many out of the profession early and creating “serious implications” for the country’s schools.
In a letter to SNP First Minister Humza Yousaf, union general secretary Andrea Bradley stressed the personal and professional lives of thousands of teachers are “in turmoil as a result of the lack of job security many were led to believe they would have by entering the teaching profession.”
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
