Teachers will take two days of targeted strike action next month in a dispute over pay, their union has announced.
Scottish Secondary Teachers' Association (SSTA) members were balloted for strike action after rejecting a 5% pay offer, and 90% voted for strike action on a turnout of 62%. The SSTA said that members in some local authority areas will strike on Wednesday December 7 while others will walk out on Thursday December 8.
Glasgow teachers in the SSTA union will strike on Wednesday, December 7 alongside colleagues in East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, North Lanarkshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire.
Members of Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS, are due to take strike action this Thursday, November 24.
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Catherine Nicol, SSTA president, said: "The executive committee felt it had no option but to move to strike action due to the failure of the employers (Cosla) and the Scottish Government to make an improved pay offer.
"The last pay offer was made on the August 19 and was quickly rejected by the teacher unions. Despite a series of engagements, not even one more penny has been put on the table.
"Teachers have had enough of fine words and are being forced to take strike action to achieve an improved pay award.
"I hope the Scottish Government will step up and help to avoid teacher strikes that nobody wants".
Seamus Searson, SSTA general secretary, said the strike action is intended to send a "clear message to Cosla and Scottish Government that teachers are serious about a fair pay deal".
He said: "This common practice of waiting to the last minute to reach a pay agreement shows a complete lack of respect for teachers as this pay award should have been paid in April.
"Teachers pay has fallen in real terms by 25% over the years and the failure to act promptly only adds to teachers' frustration".
The strike action on Wednesday December 7 will affect Argyll and Bute, Dumfries and Galloway, East Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Western Isles, Glasgow, Highland, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, North Lanarkshire, Orkney, Renfrewshire, Shetland, South Ayrshire, South Lanarkshire and West Dunbartonshire.
On Thursday December 8, SSTA members will strike in Aberdeen, Angus, Aberdeenshire, Clackmannanshire, Dundee, Edinburgh, East Lothian, Falkirk, Fife, Midlothian, Moray, Perth and Kinross, the Scottish Borders, Stirling and West Lothian.
A Cosla spokeswoman said: "Scottish local government values its entire workforce, of which teachers are a key part.
"Making an offer that is affordable enables councils to protect the whole of education services and ultimately improve outcomes for children and young people.
"Along with Scottish Government, we are working closely and at pace to ensure a revised offer can be brought forward, however, there are extremely challenging financial decisions that must be made, and the consequences must be understood.
"We will remain in active discussions with our trade union partners."
The Scottish Government and Cosla have been asked for comment.
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