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© Steve Brown/DCT Media The EIS is concerned for teachers' welfare. A teachers’ union in Aberdeen has urged ministers to “think about” whether school staff should receive priority access to the Covid-19 vaccine. The first people were immunised against coronavirus last week, with care home residents and staff – as well as frontline healthcare workers – among those in the highest-priority group. However, teachers in the north-east are concerned they are at risk of contracting the disease because they are in contact with large numbers of people. Although the EIS trade union stopped sh...

Aberdeen teachers not ruling out strike in home learning row by Jamie Hall Updated: December 12, 2020, 7:18 am © PA Archive/Press Association Ima Teachers in Aberdeenshire Council are not currently considering a dispute. Sign up for our daily newsletter featuring the top stories from The Press and Journal. Thank you for signing up to The Press and Journal newsletter. Something went wrong - please try again later. Sign Up Aberdeen teachers could strike after their request for remote learning at either side of the Christmas break was rejected. Council bosses threw out EIS union’...

Share EIS Aberdeen City branch secretary Ron Constable refused to rule out school staff taking industrial action. He said: 'We sent a letter to Aberdeen City Council setting out why it is important we move to remote learning for a few days at the start and end of the Christmas holidays.  'It's about ensuring the safety and wellbeing of young learners and school staff. 'Our worry is that if we keep people in schools until the last day, which is the 18th, that may cause additional cases. There have been a lot of cases recently and a lot of children self-isolating.

Aberdeen teachers in strike threat over Christmas row © Steve Brown/DC Thomson The EIS wants extra days of remote learning at each end of the Christmas holidays. Teachers in Aberdeen could stage a walkout after their request for days of remote learning to prevent the spread of Covid-19 was rejected. Bosses at the EIS union presented Aberdeen City Council with plans for two days at the start and end of the Christmas holidays where pupils would take lessons from home. The move was designed to prevent coronavirus spreading further ahead of the festive period, and to prevent youngsters and their...