‘Pay rises not to be linked to demands’

PRIMARY teachers have warned they will not accept productivity demands as a condition of any pay rises at their annual congress yesterday.

The level of opposition to linking salary hikes from the next social partnership agreement to modernisation and flexibility was highlighted when delegates voted only narrowly against restricting union officials from even discussing the matter.

That part of the pay motion debated by Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) members in Killarney yesterday was defeated by 218 to 207.