‘Teachers have had enough’ Dundee union chief leads calls for strike ballot

A Dundee teachers’ union chief has led calls for action that could cause widespread strike disruption across the country.

David Baxter, of the city’s local association of the EIS union, says teachers have “had enough” and it is “time to act”.

He was speaking at the union’s annual conference in Perth, where members backed Mr Baxter’s call for a ballot on strike action.

He said: “Teachers are being worked harder, paid less and are being seriously undervalued.

“Teachers have had enough. This is the time to act.”

EIS members in Dundee say the union’s council must “campaign for a restorative pay deal for teachers which does not link an increased salary with detrimental changes to conditions of service”.

Their motion adds: “If no satisfactory outcome is forthcoming, members are to be balloted for industrial action up to and including strike action.”

Council leaders have insisted they offered the “best possible” deal for teachers.

For more on this story, see Monday’s Courier.