Colleagues, Thank you for your support in our Work to Contract Campaign. It has been agreed by Council that it is now appropriate to suspend the campaign. This is because of the ongoing negotiation with Scottish Government aiming to effect a Scottish Solution to the pension dispute. Council felt that as a demonstration of good faith in the very real attempts by Scottish Government to provide a solution it would be appropriate to suspend our Campaign. It goes without saying…

Why we're marching The STUC is organising a mass demonstration on 20th October in Glasgow. The event will coincide with a similar event in London under the banner ‘A future that works'. On the morning of Saturday 20th October, trade unionists and community activists from across Scotland will gather for a march through Glasgow to play our part in telling the Government that enough is enough. SSTA members will be welcome to join our group at any point, even if…

I would take this opportunity to remind members that the Association will participate in the STUC “A Future that Works” March in Glasgow on 20th October. This will be a further opportunity to demonstrate our determination to defend our pensions. All members are invited to join the SSTA delegation. The proforma letter can be downloaded from the list below. The letter is available in three different formats, Microsoft Word, OpenOffice Writer and Plain Text. MS Word Version OpenOffice Writer Plain…

Colleagues, SSTA representatives were involved in pension negotiations during the summer but there remains no immediate prospect of an acceptable offer. The very real threat to our pensions continues with younger teachers bearing the largest burden of this particular attack on our conditions of service. It is vitally important that the Work to Contract continues, and strengthens, throughout the next few months. Those previously arranged events and outings have all taken place and the Working Time Agreement provides our template…