No new pay offer has yet been made to Scotland’s teachers in a bid to end strike action, union leaders have said.
Andrea Bradley, the general secretary of the EIS teaching union, said that they did “not have a piece of paper with numbers on it”.
Scottish Education Secretary Shirley-Anne Somerville said on Monday that she hoped a “new, fair and affordable offer” could be put to teaching unions “within the next few days”.
However, Ms Bradley insisted there would need to be “significant movement” on the pay rise that has already been offered for teachers to consider halting their action.
The EIS is stepping up its campaign for a 10% pay rise for teachers next week, with targeted strike action, which will see staff walk out in First Minister Nicola Sturgeon’s Glasgow Southside constituency as well as the Perthshire North area represented by Deputy First Minister John Swinney.
