THE role of elected officers in the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) should be defined more clearly and grievance procedures reviewed, according to a review of industrial relations at the union’s head office.

THE Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) should consider industrial action to protect pension rights for future members, the union's acting general secretary John White said yesterday.

THE Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) has reversed last week’s decision not to allow Education Minister Noel Dempsey attend their annual convention.

ASTI, the secondary school teachers’ union, has backed a €200,000 settlement with its general secretary, Charlie Lennon.

THE Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland was in further turmoil last night after the leadership rejected Labour Court recommendations to get its house in order over relations with staff.

THE Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland failed to show up for a Labour Court hearing yesterday.

SENIOR figures in the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) are angry that internal problems are stopping the union from carrying out important business on behalf of members.

LAWS to improve education for people with disabilities are useless without the proper staffing, funding and other resources, TDs and Senators were told yesterday.

ASTI General Secretary Charlie Lennon has vowed to face down his opponents when a debate on his continued leadership takes place at a special meeting scheduled for next month.

HUNDREDS of second-level teachers have been working in the same schools for more than five years without being given a permanent job, a major survey reveals.

A secondary teachers union is claiming the Irish education system is not providing adequate support to meet the needs of ethnic minority students.

THE leadership of the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland is in turmoil again with the general secretary Charlie Lennon under pressure to defend his position.

ALMOST half of secondary school teachers suffer regular stress because of misbehaving students, a survey has revealed.

SECONDARY school teachers have overruled their union and voted to accept the Government’s supervision and substitution deal.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey has said his roadshow to win the support of ASTI members for the Government’s supervision and substitution scheme was a success.

On the face of it, the resemblance between Noel Dempsey and Scipio Africanus is minimal. Scipio was aquiline and thin in the hair department. Noel Dempsey is non-aquiline and most of his hair is still with him.

The Association of Secondary Teachers has criticised Education Minister Noel Dempsey for appealing directly to ASTI members to support the Government's proposals regarding payment for supervision and substitution duties.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is adopting risky divide and conquer tactics against the ASTI in an effort to finally end the four year secondary teachers dispute.

EDUCATION Minister Noel Dempsey is adopting risky divide and conquer tactics against the ASTI in an effort to finally end the four-year secondary teachers dispute.

There were no major surprises in the education measures in yesterday’s Budget speech.

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THE ASTI’s pay dispute is far from over despite weekend steps to leave hard-line tactics behind, according to leaders of the secondary teachers’ union.

SECONDARY school principals are hoping the ASTI will take the incentive of a deal finalised with the other two teachers’ unions and return to supervision and substitution duties.

ASTI general secretary Charlie Lennon has called for unity among the union’s membership as it continues its campaign for a 30% pay rise.

Secondary school teachers will continue to discuss their long-running pay dispute with the Government when the ASTI’s annual conference resumes in Bundoran, Co Donegal, later today.

ASTI general secretary Charlie Lennon said teachers' campaign for a pay rise "will end when the Minister makes us an offer that we can’t refuse".

ASTI is to offer members a number of options after a ballot showed support for industrial action over unpaid duties, it emerged tonight.

Members of the ASTI have voted against the Labour court pay recommendation on their 30% pay claim by a majority of 57%.

The ASTI has said it will not be going on strike for the remainder of this year's school term if its 17,000 members vote as recommended to reject the Labour Court pay package.

ASTI members have voted overwhelmingly to recommend a rejection of the Labour Court deal aimed at ending their long-running dispute.

The general secretary of the ASTI has dismissed claims by the Minister for Education that teachers can expect £40,000 basic salary through the benchmarking process.

The ASTI annual convention is to debate the crucial issue of pay in Galway today.

The crucial issue of pay is under discussion at the ASTI's annual convention in Galway.

The ASTI's annual conference begins today in Galway with the Labour Court proposal to end the long-running dispute over pay top of the agenda.

The ASTI has returned to the Labour Court this afternoon for intensive talks aimed at resolving the six-month dispute over a 30% pay claim.

The Taoiseach is welcoming a request by the Labour Court, for the ASTI to postpone today's planned three-day secondary school strike.

A second round of ASTI talks is underway at the Labour Court this afternoon in a bid to break the deadlocked teachers' dispute.

ASTI General Secretary Charlie Lennon has condemned today's planned march to the Dail by second level students as "unhelpful".

The ASTI has written to the Taoiseach asking for direct talks with the Government to try and prevent their planned industrial action.

Officials from the Association of Secondary Teachers have dismissed as being "without foundation" reports that a fresh wave of industrial action is on the cards.

Efforts will continue today in a search for a solution to the ASTI pay dispute.

Talks to try to resolve the teachers dispute are underway at the Labour Relations Commission.

The union representing striking secondary schoolteachers has described the latest move aimed at restarting negotiations by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern as "a small step forward".