Teacher unions to ballot members on benchmarking deal and pay pact

THE two unions which took part in the public service benchmarking process have decided to ballot their members on the deal and the national pay agreement.

The Teachers Union of Ireland is likely to call a vote of its members for early next month, and senior figures said they are hopeful the packages will be accepted.

The union represents second level teachers, in line for an 13% increase from benchmarking, and college lecturers who are due 11% and 12% rises.