Secondary schools at risk of closure over pay dispute
The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) expects the result of two ballots for industrial action of its 18,000 members in mid-October. However, one has the potential to force schools to shut without pickets even being placed at the gates.
The ASTI’s central executive council decided on Saturday to recommend members vote to withdraw from supervision and substitution work at more than 400 second-level schools where they work. The stance signals anger over the pay restrictions placed on them because of their rejection of the Lansdowne Road Agreement.
