Pay tops teaching unions' agenda as conferences kick off [eecho.ie]
- Published: 25 April 2011
Pay, pensions and job prospects will be top of the agenda at the annual conferences of the three teachers’ unions this week.
More than 750 primary school teachers from across the country will gather in Sligo for the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) convention which opens today.
Education Minister Ruairi Quinn and the union’s general secretary Sheila Nunan will address delegates, who will discuss salaries, pensions and job prospects of new teachers.
The INTO claims up to 2,000 teachers will be without regular work at primary level next year.
Members will also focus on cutbacks in resources for special needs pupils and disadvantaged children, the future of small schools and the Croke Park Agreement.
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