TUI slams IBEC’s negativity towards public servants

The Teachers Union of Ireland is calling on all public-sector employers to withdraw immediately from IBEC.

The TUI says the employers' body has lost all credibility following its "ill-conceived statements" about the public service.

Last week, IBEC put forward a series of radical proposals for public sector reform, including the ending of defined-benefit pension arrangements for all new staff.

TUI general secretary Peter McMenamin says IBEC's negativity towards public servants has reached unacceptable levels and is totally out of line with what public-service employers are saying to their staff.

It says its members will not be scape-goated for the problems in the Irish economy.