SCOTTISH teachers have moved a step closer to strike action over the failure of the Scottish Government to bring forward fresh proposals on pension changes.
The Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS) union is to hold a consultative ballot of its members on pensions industrial action.
Last year, teachers took their first strike action in a quarter of a century in protest at government attacks on their pensions.
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