Hutchesons' Grammar School, in Glasgow, has been accused of 'bully tactics' and teaching union bosses want the First Minister to step in
Humza Yousaf is being urged to look into fire and rehire accusations at his former private school. Hutchesons' Grammar School, in Glasgow, has been accused of "bully tactics".
The school however has "strongly rejected" the accusations of fire and rehire and pension downgrades. In March, 80 per cent of EIS members - Scotland's largest teaching union - at the school indicated their willingness to take strike action. The EIS ballot will open on Tuesday and end on May 4, with strike action likely to commence two weeks later.
"Intervene to stop the use of those bully boys tactics and to tell his alma mater Hutchesons' Grammar School here in Glasgow to desist from bullying our members and withdraw immediately their threat to fire and rehire dedicated and committed teaching staff, otherwise our members will have no other option than to take strike action to defend their jobs and their livelihoods.
Mr Sarwar told STV last week: "I've met with the unions directly, I've met with representatives of the teachers themselves and I've engaged with the school. I think the actions are open to serious questions. Any approach to fire and rehire is unacceptable. It also claims to double the death in service benefit offered by the STPS to six times annual earnings and offers three years' income protection when a teacher is unable to work for an extended period of time. A teacher at the school will also have their remaining pension pot paid into their estate when they die, the school said, with flexibility of early retirement also offered, the school said.
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