Teachers to work for additional hour per week [IrishTimes]
- Published: 30 March 2010
EDUCATION: TEACHERS AND lecturers will have to work an additional hour per week under the terms of the new public service deal.
The sectoral agreement also commits teaching unions and higher education staff to a review of employment contracts. The review could herald major changes, especially in second-level schools and among lecturing staff in third-level colleges.
All three teacher unions – the INTO, the ASTI and the TUI – will put the deal to a ballot of members. But union leaders are bracing themselves for strong criticism of the new deal at next week’s teacher conferences.
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