New Strike Ballot to Be Held in Teachers Dispute

New strike ballot to be held in teachers dispute

A ballot which closed on Wednesday failed to give the EIS union a legal mandate to go on strike because the turnout was too low.

Scots teachers to be re-balloted on strike action after mandate failed through turnout

Industrial action couldn't go ahead, despite 85.9 percent of EIS members voting for strike action, because less than 47 percent of members took part in the vote.

Teachers to be re-balloted for strike action over workload and class contact time

A ballot for industrial action will be repeated after failing to achieve the turnout requirements specified by soon-to-be repealed legislation.

Teachers vote goes against strike action – leaders and media disappointed they can’t blame SNP so will waste their member fees by having another vote

Yesterday BBC Scotland and the teachers union leaders were willing on the vote for a teachers’ strike ,then in the early afternoon today, they saw this: Workload Ballot Falls Foul of Soon-to-be Repealed Thresholds: EIS to Re-Ballot Members for Strike Created on: 16 Jan 2026 The EIS announced that its recent statutory industrial action ballot on teacher workload has become a victim of soon-to-be repealed elements of UK anti-trade union laws, havi…

Teachers to vote again on strikes after ballot fails to meet threshold

The Scottish Government has been accused of failing to deliver on its commitment to cut weekly class contact.