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WORKERS at Hutcheson’s Grammar School have voted for trade union recognition for the first time in its 382-year history.
The successful ballot return for NASUWT recognition today is the first in a private school in Scotland, prompted by management attempts to remove workers from the Scottish teachers’ pension scheme.
Teachers at the school, which counts SNP’s Humza Yousaf and Labour’s Anas Sarwar as former pupils – and Mr Sarwar as a present customer – have already announced further strike action in August and September at the dispute rumbles on.
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