ASTI rejection of Labour Court proposals ‘appalling’

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 union’s standing committee voted by 12-8 to reject this week’s ruling on the grounds that it had not heard their side of the dispute as the employer.

There is growing feeling among many of the ASTI’s 56 branches that internal disputes are preventing elected officers from representing members properly on education and pay issues.