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EIS Launches Election Manifesto, Highlighting the Value of Investment in Scottish Education

22 January 2026

EIS Launches Election Manifesto, Highlighting the Value of Investment in Scottish Education

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EIS Members at Craigclowan School Continue with Programme of Strike Action to Protect Their Pensions

21 January 2026

EIS members at Craigclowan School near Perth will continue with their fifth day of strike action as a dispute over cuts to the staff pension scheme continues.

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EIS Serves Statutory Industrial Action Ballot Notices - New Workload Ballot to Open in February

20 January 2026

The EIS has served new statutory industrial action ballot notices to each of Scotland’s 32 local authorities in a dispute over teacher workload.

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8 in 10 parents trust education staff on AI as unions set out roadmap  – TUC

16 January 2026

As the government pushes ahead with plans to roll out AI in schools, unions representing millions of education staff are urgently calling for their voices to be heard.

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Workload Ballot Falls Foul of Soon-to-be Repealed Thresholds: EIS to Re-Ballot Members for Strike

16 January 2026

The EIS announced that its recent statutory industrial action ballot on teacher workload has become a victim of soon-to-be repealed elements of UK anti-trade union laws, having fallen short of the strict thresholds set in that Tory-era legislation.

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EIS welcomes promised funding for education & anti-poverty measures in Scottish budget

13 January 2026

The EIS has welcomed headline increases in funding for Scottish education and anti-poverty measures in the Budget statement made by Finance Secretary Shona Robison in the Scottish Parliament this afternoon.

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