INTO leadership meets to discuss pension levy

The leadership of the Irish National Teacher's Organisation is meeting today to discuss the Government's controversial pension levy for all public servants.

The union is describing the levy - which ranges from 3% to almost 10%, depending on income levels - as unfair and disproportionate.

The INTO will discuss the effects of the measure today before the Irish Congress of Trade Unions forms a joint position based on the opinion of all the public-sector unions.