Crucial education stance in balance as leaders differ

THE crucial views of teacher union members on the public service pay deal will emerge today after a week in which their leaders have voiced clear differences.

Crucial education stance in balance as leaders differ

Primary teachers opposing the deal reached by public service unions and the Government last week made their views known to fellow delegates at the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) annual congress in Galway yesterday afternoon.

They claim that acceptance would mean a complete rewriting of the teaching contract, an extra hour’s work per week and inferior pension arrangements for new teachers.

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