Teachers Conference: Teachers want full pay restored

Secondary teachers are to seek a full restoration of pay, as guaranteed in the Haddington Road Agreement.

ASTI general secretary Pat King said the union’s job now was to row back “each and every’’ pre-Haddington Road pay cut and levy, including the pension levy.

In his address to delegates at the ASTI convention, he also said some form of social partnership deal should not be ruled out by trade unions – and that it was a question of whether the ASTI wanted to influence matters outside of pay, such as taxation policy and the quality of state services. But he warned against possible efforts to link the Junior Cycle dispute with pay and said it was important to bring the dispute to a successful conclusion before pay talks with the Government commence next month.