SSTA News
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Teacher Pay Talks Stall – 4 October 2018
Negotiations around the Teachers’ Pay Claim have shuddered to a halt after the Scottish Government and COSLA today refused to consider improvements to their previous offer. The Teachers’ Panel of the SNCT (Scottish Negotiating Committee for Teachers) had unanimously rejected the offer as being “derisory” in terms of the 10% claim and “divisive” in that…
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Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update – 18 September 2018
Pay Offer Rejected The Teachers’ Side of the SNCT met on the 18 September and all organisations present rejected the offer which had been made previously by the employers (COSLA). The Teachers’ Side regarded the offer as being “derisory” in terms of the 3% offer across the board and “divisive” in relation to proposing changes…
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Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update – 6 September 2018
The latest meeting of the SNCT Extended Joint Chairs (EIS, SSTA, COSLA and Scottish Government) took place on 6 September and a revised pay offer was received from COSLA. This offer is for 3% across all SNCT posts (as opposed to the previous pay offer of 2% for those above £36,500 and 3% for those…
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SSTA Members’ Briefing 2018
Seamus Searson the General Secretary would like to meet with SSTA members to discuss the issues that face secondary teachers (pay negotiations, workload and education developments etc.) and how we protect and improve conditions for members. This is your opportunity to have your say. A list of upcoming dates and venues are shown below. Stuart…
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SUL Professional Courses
Following the successful programme of professional courses earlier in the year we are able to offer an enhanced programme with support from the Scottish Union Learning Fund. All courses begin at 5.30pm and end at 8.00pm and are free to all members. The programme includes Understanding Mental Health, Understanding Autism, Dementia Awareness and Tackling Homophobia.…
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Members Bulletin – SSTA Meeting with Deputy First Minister
SSTA meeting with Deputy First Minister The SSTA met John Swinney, Deputy First Minister (DFM) on 12 June and discussed a number of the Association’s motions from our Annual Congress in May. The SSTA delegation was led by John Guidi (Vice-President), Catherine Nicol (Convenor Salaries and Conditions of Service Committee)and Seamus Searson (General Secretary).…
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Congress 2018 Newsletter
The 2018 Congress Newsletter is now available for members to download from the Website Teachers’ Pay 2018 – Update – 21 June 2018 The SNCT Annual General Meeting (Teacher Unions, COSLA and Scottish Government) took place on 31 May. A report of the pay negotiations was made and we were informed that COSLA were unable to proceed…
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Video from SSTA Annual Congress 2018
The SSTA’s 74th Annual Congress took place on Friday 18th & Saturday 19th May 2018 at Crieff Hydro. Video of the Presidential Address, Report of the General Secretary and John Swinney’s speech and Question and Answer session from the 74th Annual Congress is now available to view at http://www.ssta.org.uk/congress2018
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Members Bulletin & Privacy Policy Update
SSTA Congress 2018 The 74th SSTA Annual Congress took place on the 18-19 May in Crieff. The SSTA President Kevin Campbell’s Address and the General Secretary’s Report can be viewed by clicking on the links. The Deputy First Minister John Swinney addressed Congress and took questions from members. Seamus Searson General Secretary gave a reply to…
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Report of the General Secretary – SSTA Annual Congress 2018
SSTA General Secretary Speech to Congress 2018 We are approaching 75 years of the SSTA and the issues in 1944 are the same as the issue of 2018 to protect the interests of secondary teachers in Scotland. Concerns over conditions of service, pay and workload appear throughout our history and will probably do so for…
