IPPN

Published: 07 April 2010

Public sector unions were today urged to remain united and not fall victim to internal rancour and distrust over proposed public-sector pay and reform.

As members of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) prepared to vote on the controversial pay agreement, general secretary John White warned unions faced difficult choices amid divisive right-wing tactics.

Splits on the reform deal have already surfaced within the teaching unions with the Irish National Teachers Organisation (INTO) to encourage its members to agree to the package, while the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) is to call for its rank-and-file to reject it.