Secondary school teachers in West Lothian are set to strike as they fight for better pay and conditions.
Teachers who are members of the Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) will walk out here on December 8.
Members of Scotland's largest teachers' union, the EIS, are due to strike on Thursday in a move which will close almost all of Scotland's schools.
A ballot of the SSTA union's 6,500 members saw 96 per cent vote for strike action on a turnout of 71 per cent.
Catherine Nicol, SSTA president, said: "The executive committee felt it had no option but to move to strike action due to the failure of the employers (Cosla) and the Scottish Government to make an improved pay offer.
"The last pay offer was made on the August 19 and was quickly rejected by the teacher unions . Despite a series of engagements, not even one more penny has been put on the table.
"Teachers have had enough of fine words and are being forced to take strike action to achieve an improved pay award. I hope the Scottish Government will step up and help to avoid teacher strikes that nobody wants".
A Cosla spokeswoman said: "Scottish local government values its entire workforce, of which teachers are a key part.
"Making an offer that is affordable enables councils to protect the whole of education services and ultimately improve outcomes for children and young people.
"Along with Scottish government, we are working closely and at pace to ensure a revised offer can be brought forward, however, there are extremely challenging financial decisions that must be made, and the consequences must be understood.
"We will remain in active discussions with our trade union partners."
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