Vote for action if pay and conditions cut further

A TRADE union of second and third level teachers’ voted for immediate industrial action in the event of further cuts to teachers’ pay and conditions.

The TUI conference also heard a vehement attack on the union’s leadership — and on the wider trade union movement leadership — for an alleged inability to negotiate the Croke Park Agreement.

The 420 delegates representing members in second-level schools, colleges of further education and institutes of technology, engaged in a lengthy, impassioned debate on pay and pensions.