Created on: 27 May 2025 | Last modified: 03 Feb 2026
Firstly, thank you to each and every member who voted in the statutory ballot on class contact reduction
16 January 2026Our statutory (postal) ballot in pursuit of the SNCT dispute to reduce teachers’ workload is still open for another week.
06 January 2026This briefing outlines the most recent evidence the EIS has gathered on the extent of under resourcing of ASN provision in Scotland
22 December 2025Strikes are designed by law to be difficult in the UK. In fact, we have some of the most restrictive anti-trade union laws in Europe.
17 December 2025Our workload ballot continues to put pressure on the Scottish Government and COSLA to deliver the SNP Manifesto promise to reduce weekly class contact and increase preparation & correction time for all teachers.
15 December 2025The Scottish Government has just published figures that show that Scotland has 63 more teachers in 2024 than 2023, but 810 fewer teachers than in 2021.
11 December 2025It has long been recognised that teaching is one of the most stressful occupations.
09 December 2025We are a campaigning union. We are active. We determine our goals and campaign together to achieve our goals.
05 December 2025Our workload dispute has two aims: To reduce weekly class contact by 1.5 hours. To increase weekly ‘preparation & correction’ time by 1.5 hours.
02 December 2025We need to demonstrate members’ strength of feeling on workload by voting YES x2.
28 November 2025The Scottish Government seems to have started to move towards reducing workload with the publication of their “proposals” last week – they do not go far enough or fast enough.
25 November 2025Yesterday, our independent balloteer posted new ballot papers to members. They should arrive today or tomorrow.
20 November 2025Members will be aware from the last update on 3rd October 2025, that no tangible response had been given to the teachers’ side proposals towards reaching agreement on the use of the time resulting from a reduction in weekly class contact time.
03 November 2025As intimated in Friday’s member briefing, the EIS Executive Committee met yesterday to consider the request from Salaries Committee to initiate a statutory ballot for industrial action in pursuit of the SNCT workload dispute.
08 October 2025In October, the Executive Committee agreed to authorise a statutory ballot in pursuit of the workload dispute. The ballot opened on November 12th.
27 May 2025