SOME schools in John Swinney's constituency have reopened as members working in non-teaching roles continue strike action.
Trade union Unison called the action targeting Perth and Kinross, the First Minister's seat, after members working in non-teaching roles in schools rejected a pay offer from local authority body Cosla.
All primary schools, nurseries, intensive support settings and two secondary schools in the region were closed on Monday.
A list of schools has now been published by Perth and Kinross Council which have been reopened or partially reopened.
Further updates will be provided by the council on its website but for now, 11 primary schools have reopened, with 23 partially reopening this week.
Overall, 37 primary schools remain closed.
The council said the situation is likely to remain “fluid” for the duration of the action, and “may change for individual schools on a day-to-day basis”.
The deal, which was rejected, would have increased pay by 67p an hour or 3.6%, whichever was higher, and was accepted by the two other main unions — and council leaders voted to impose the increase on staff.
The First Minister has previously described the targeting of his seat as “unacceptable” and there was “no justification” for it.
He added there is no more money for the Scottish Government to hand local authorities to fund a better deal.
Finance Secretary Shona Robison echoed Swinney, saying there “simply is no more money” to fund pay deals for local government workers.
