10 January 2001

TO SCHOOL REPRESENTATIVES 
FOR INFORMATION OF MEMBERS

Dear Colleague, 

MCCRONE IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS

I write to update you on the state of affairs regarding the McCrone talks.

The intended finishing date of 5 January was not met as the Scottish Executive withdrew from the paper on pay and grading.  As yet, they have not replaced this paper with a revised version, but have simply referred to a “21.5% increase over 3 years”.  No more detail is as yet known.

When, and if, full details are available, these will go to the Implementation Group which would then finalise the outcome of the process.

If the figures are agreed for transmission to member organisations, they will then be the subject of the full ballot of members originally planned, albeit with a different time-scale.  Members will be kept as fully informed as possible of developments.

This delay is very unhelpful and does not augur well for future events.  Nonetheless, the Association will, as it has always done before, make its decision solely on the views of members.  Please ensure that we have current home addresses for all members to avoid disenfranchisement.

Yours sincerely

DAVID EAGLESHAM
General Secretary