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Emma Lawson & Craig Paton & Peter A Walker

Teaching union suspends strike action and urges members to accept new deal

A teaching union has urged members to accept a new pay offer presented by the Scottish Government.

The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union made the announcement it is to ballot its members on a revised pay offer that was presented by local authority employers, with a recommendation that the offer should be accepted.

Some 20 days of rolling strikes had been planned by the EIS across Scotland, targeting every local authority north of the border between 13 March and 21 April.

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