Teachers cry foul over cuts

PAY, pensions, and other conditions are common themes in the motions for debate by all three teacher unions this week.

The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has a number of motions directing its leaders to work to protect pay allowances in the opening session of its annual congress in Wexford tomorrow afternoon.

A motion at the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) congress calls for a ballot for industrial action if the Government breaches the Croke Park Agreement or its guarantees on pay. If agreed by the 750 primary teachers in Killarney, Co Kerry, it would mirror stipulations already put in place by the leadership of the two second-level teachers’ unions.