At the meeting of the Teachers' side of the SNCT held at 3pm today SSTA representatives formally dissented from the decision made to accept the Cosla proposals. The SSTA does not accept the proposals and reserves the right to legally challenge any detriment to the pay or conditions of members. Further advice and information will be circulated to members during the next 10 days. Yours sincerely Ann Ballinger General Secretary
Early Results of Ballot
Early results from the consultative ballot on the revised proposals from COSLA are a clear and emphatic rejection of the proposed detriment to the conditions of service of all teachers. More than 90% of SSTA members voting have rejected the revised proposal, mirroring the results of the ballot on the previous proposal. The Teachers' side of the SNCT meets today, Thursday 28 April, when a formal decision will be made. You will be informed of this decision immediately after…
Please remember to vote
Colleagues The consultative ballot on the revised proposals from COSLA will close one week from now. The seriousness with which our response is listened to depends as much on the number of votes cast as it does on the results. A return of 50 or 60% will be dismissed as indicating the agreement of 40 or 50% of members. Please take a few minutes to vote either by post or online. The future of our profession…
Issues for McCormac Review
Please note this is not a response to the Review but a series of issues or comments members may wish to use when writing their own submission. Details on how to make a submission can be found at http://www.scotland.gov.uk/About/reviewofteacheremployment 1. Decision making by the Committee The Association has huge concerns that many of the potential outcomes of the review are already appearing in LA budgets, particularly those authorities which produce 2 or 3 year budgets. In…
Invitation to serve on the First Ever GTC Scotland Appointments Committee
The General Teaching Council for Scotland will, in April 2012, become the world's first independent self-regulating professional body for teaching. As part of this statutory change, the GTCs are looking to appoint GTC Scotland Registered Teachers and Lay people to serve on an independent Appointments Committee to recruit and select members of the governing Council and panels. A letter from Mr Anthony Finn, Chief Executive, together with the advert setting out information on the opportunities available and how to apply…
Bulletin No 421/11 - March 2011
The March 2011 edition of the SSTA Bulletin can be downloaded from here. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to open the Bulletin. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader it can be downloaded from http://get.adobe.com/uk/reader/
Global Action Week 2011
Global Action Week 2011 Global Action Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness and call on governments around the world to keep their promises on the UN Millennium Development Goal of achieving Education for All. EI firmly believes that governments have the know-how and resources to ensure everyone has the chance to learn and all governments have a responsibility to make sure it happens. This is why, every year, EI and other founding members of the Global Campaign for…
The Purpose of our Ballot
Dear Colleagues I am grateful to members who have forwarded comments made by other unions concerning the purpose of this ballot. If anyone is confused I hope the following is helpful. Consultative ballots are used by this Association to: seek members' views on important issues inform the relevant committee make a policy decision based on the response received from members. The overwhelming view of our members (being a democratic body) will guide OUR policy. Changes in Conditions of Service…
Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee recommends rejection of the latest COSLA proposal.
Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee met today, Monday 28 March 2011, and agreed unanimously to ballot members on the new COSLA proposals and recommend rejection. The committee believes this proposal constitutes an attack on some of the most vulnerable members of our profession, further reducing their earning capacity. Other elements of the proposal constitute an attack on specific members of our profession many of whom accepted earlier changes in good faith, believing the assurances of…
Secondary Teacher Union Rejects Latest Employer Offer
The Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee of the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association today unanimously rejected the proposals from the employers' organisation, COSLA, regarding changes to Scottish teachers' conditions of service. The matter will now be put to a ballot of SSTA members with a recommendation to reject the offer. Speaking in Edinburgh, SSTA General Secretary, Ann Ballinger said: “The meeting of the SNCT last Wednesday considered a new offer from COSLA. The SSTA representatives undertook to refer the offer…
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