Union tells teachers to focus ‘on core activities’

TEACHERS and lecturers in one of the country’s largest unions are being asked not to co-operate with school inspections or performance assessments just days after having a pension levy imposed on them by the Government.

The move by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), while not an official directive, appears to be a strong signal of the anger felt by its members about the levy and the cancellation of two planned pay rises under previous social partnership arrangements.

However, TUI general secretary Peter MacMenamin said the decision by the union executive was not a reaction to the pay cuts.