Decision time at teachers’ conferences [sbpost.ie]
- Published: 04 April 2010
One issue will dominate the teachers’ conferences which start this week - the draft public service agreement. While pay was always going to be an issue at the annual Easter conferences, it had been hoped that the moratorium on the appointment of certain teaching posts and education cutbacks would take centre stage.
But now the debate on whether members should vote to accept the deal - and the differences that have emerged between the three main teacher unions - will be the focal point of the conferences.
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) leadership has rejected the deal, which includes teachers being asked to work an extra hour a week as well as having their contracts renegotiated.
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