SSTA News
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SSTA Guidance to Schools to Manage Workload
Working Time Agreements (WTA); must be adhered to and any changes can only be made to reduce teacher workload. All changes must be negotiated with the recognised trade union representatives. Staff, Department and Working Group Meetings; the school should ensure that all meetings of staff must be allocated on the school calendar, have an agenda…
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SNCT Extended Joint Chairs and Teacher Workload
SNCT Extended Joint Chairs – 4 March 2019 The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (SSTA, EIS, Government and COSLA) meeting took place on Monday 4 March. At the meeting the employers made no improvement to the current offer that the Teachers’ Panel had rejected on the 26 February. There was a brief discussion on workload related…
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SNCT Extended Joint Chairs – 26 February 2019
The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (SSTA, EIS, Government and COSLA) meeting took place on Tuesday 26 February. The SNCT Teachers’ Side formally rejected the revised pay offer of 25 January. The Teachers’ Side highlighted its willingness to participate in negotiations towards a settlement of the 2018-2019 pay claim. Both COSLA and Scottish Government were positive…
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2018 Pay Claim – What Next?
I would like to thank all members for their efforts in making a tremendous 76% return in the consultative ballot. The 64% vote to accept has indicated the direction for the Association. It was clear from the comments made by members in the ballot that there was a reluctance to accept and that morale in…
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SSTA VOTES TO ACCEPT PAY OFFER
The SSTA conducted a Consultative Ballot of its members on the latest pay offer from COSLA. The ballot closed at noon today with 76% of SSTA members making a response. The latest pay offer was a 3% increase from April 2018 with a further 3% from January 2019. This would be followed by a 3%…
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Message to Members -7 February 2018
2018 Pay Consultative Ballot The 2018 Pay Consultative Ballot on the revised pay offer closes at noon on Thursday 21 February. We have had a tremendous response from members with more than 55% of members taking part in the ballot. I would like to thank all the members who have responded so far and encourage…
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Consultative Ballot on Revised 2018 Pay Offer is Now Open
The Consultative Ballot on the Revised 2018 Pay Offer is now open. The Consultative Ballot is open until 12 noon on Thursday 21 February. Please note: only members employed by a local authority will be invited to participate in the consultative ballot. We strongly encourage all eligible members to cast their vote in the consultative ballot.…
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SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee – 28 January 2019
The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee met on 28 January to consider developments in the 2018 Pay Negotiations. The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (SSTA, EIS, COSLA and Government) met on Monday 28 January and COSLA (the employers) tabled an offer in line with the Deputy First Minister letter of 10 January 2019. The Pay…
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2018 Pay Update – 28 January 2019
The SNCT Extended Joint Chairs met earlier today (Monday 28 January) where COSLA submitted a revised pay offer to the Teachers’ Side. The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee will meet this afternoon to consider the offer. An email will be sent to members on Tuesday 29 January with details of the offer and…
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SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee – 14 January 2019
The SSTA Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee met on 14 January to consider developments in the 2018 Pay Negotiations. 1) COSLA Offer – 7 January The Committee firmly rejected the COSLA offer (3% in April 2018 plus a further 2% in August). This offer also included a 3% increase in April 2019 and a…
