The President of the Teachers Union of Ireland Seamus Lahart warned Education Minister Joe McHugh that the issue of unequal pay is not going away.

There are calls for Ireland's teaching unions to form a united front to resolve the issue of pay equalisation.

The Government has offered to open a second round of talks with unions despite warning the public sector that it would enforce pay cuts.

TRADE union leaders opposed to the Lisbon treaty have called for the group tasked with providing objective information on both sides of the Lisbon debate to step down amid claims of pro-treaty bias.

WORKERS wonder what the Government must do before trade union leaders will say enough is enough.

CHAMBERS Ireland moved to dissociate itself from comments of its president-elect yesterday after he revealed his intention to vote against the Lisbon treaty.