Further cuts likely to trigger industrial action by TUI

ANY cuts to teachers’ pay or further education cutbacks look almost certain to trigger industrial action by 15,000 members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), who are to be balloted for possible strikes.

The executive of the union – with members in second-level schools, further education colleges and institutes of technology – decided yesterday to ballot members for action up to a series of strikes.

If the ballot is passed, such action would be called if the Government imposes any of a series of measures in the December budget.