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Teachers this morning have been taking to picket lines and it�*s resulted in dozens of schools being closed across the city. it all centres on this pay dispute. teachers in scotland would like a 10% pay uplift, something the scottish government and council bosses have described as unaffordable. the current offer that is on the table is typically worth around 5%, slightly more for lower earners. i think there is a general frustration growing among teachers that a new and improved pay deal hasn�*t been received. there�*s a rally ongoing at the moment in the beach ballroom here in aberdeen ...

Strike action by teachers by teachers in scotland. members of the eis teaching union have been striking in two different parts of scotland per day since mid—january. today it's the turn of teachers here in aberdeen and also in clackmannanshire. teachers this morning have been taking to picket lines and it's resulted in dozens of schools being closed across the city. it all centres on this pay dispute. teachers in scotland would like a 10% pay uplift, something the scottish government and council bosses have described as unaffordable. the current offer that is on the table is typically worth ...

Council say they don't have the money in their budgets and they have exhausted their reserves, and the scottish government say their budget is finite but nonetheless nicola sturgeon is involved in the talks today and it's fair to say that is a significant intervention. she today and it's fair to say that is a significant intervention. she may be intervenin: significant intervention. she may be intervening and _ significant intervention. she may be intervening and mediating _ significant intervention. she may be intervening and mediating but - significant intervention. she may be intervening an...

The government is set to announce whether that will be raised. senior doctors say if that doesn't happen, members will be consulted on an overtime ban. you have to go back to the 1970s to find the last time this sort of action was taken by consultants. it's highly unusual for them to get involved in a pay dispute, but their union says feelings are running high with pay after inflation having fallen over the last decade. we've had consultants sleeping in offices, working all through the night. in my hospital, you know, we sadly lost three consultant colleagues. it's just been awful — it's lik...

Of action was taken by consultants. it's highly unusual for them to get involved in a pay dispute, but their union says feelings are running high, with pay after inflation having fallen over the last decade. we've had consultants sleeping in offices, working all through the night. in my hospital, you know, we sadly lost three consultant colleagues. it'sjust been awful, it's like warfare medicine. and to be offered 1% and to have our pay eroded by 30% over the years isjust galling. so another challenge for the new health secretary, sajid javid. a spokesman said the government was committed to a...