Teachers have resolved a pension dispute with Prime Minister Humza Yousaf’s alma mater school.
Hutchisons Grammar School, a private school in Glasgow, has promised to gradually reintroduce a pay increase of 3% above recommended pay levels for members.
They also agreed to guarantee employer contribution levels in the new pension system for 10 years.
EIS and NASUWT union members went on strike earlier this year.
This was the first strike action in the history of a private school.
Mr Yousaf and Scottish Labor leader Anas Sarwar are both former pupils at the school, which can cost up to £14,000 a year in fees.
EIS previously said staff were sent letters telling them they had to sign new contracts and that those who refused would be offered jobs elsewhere.
The school has also decided to withdraw from the Scottish Teachers’ Pension Scheme (STPS), a defined benefit scheme that guarantees the level of income that staff will receive upon retirement, in favor of lower-cost private schemes, which the union has deemed “inferior”. decided to replace it with.
The union said the new contract, which included a new pension scheme, amounted to a “fire and rehire” policy.
Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of NASUWT, said: “It is down to the determination of our members that we have ensured that we are able to deliver on our promise of improved pay levels.
“This agreement will benefit our members by ensuring better pay and guaranteed pension contributions.”
Mike Corbett, NASUWT’s director for Scotland, said: “This dispute has officially come to an end following the first teachers’ strike in the school’s almost 400-year history.
“Members should be proud that their strengths have helped them secure positive outcomes from employers.”
