Teachers’ union says no to pay deal

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland has become the latest union to recommend its 17,000 members reject the terms of Croke Park II.

The ASTI council decision means ICTU-aligned unions representing almost 100,000 public service workers have now advised members to reject the deal.

The union’s standing committee said public sector workers had already taken a 14% reduction in pay and had delivered additional work and “substantial savings” under the first Croke Park agreement.