Agreed proposals may see ASTI sign up to Haddington

The Government and the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland have come up with proposals that may finally see the union sign up to the Haddington Road Agreement.

ASTI was the only public service union to reject the pay deal and its 16,000 members have been on industrial action for over a month, including a ban on parent-teacher meetings after school hours and refusal to do work created by middle-management vacancies.

Informal talks in recent weeks between officials from ASTI and the Department of Education led to formal discussions between both sides yesterday.