Minister insists that unions make concessions
As 27,000 teachers picketed the country’s 720 second-level schools, pressure continued to mount on the unions, whose leaders may decide next week on a date in January for a second one-day strike.
With anger from parents that 340,000 students were forced to stay home by the strike, Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (Asti) president Philip Irwin said it might be helpful if the minister were to come up with the kind of resources needed to allow schools implement the changes.
