Union ballots school secretaries on strike action over exclusion from pension scheme

Andy Pike, Fórsa’s head of education, said: 'Like every other grade overseen by the department, they must now be afforded the same pension entitlements as other public service workers.'

More than 2,300 secretaries in Irish primary and secondary schools may go on indefinite strike over a pensions’ dispute, a trade union has warned.

Fórsa said a ballot of its members is now under way as part of an ongoing campaign to secure access to the Single Public Service Pension Scheme for school secretaries across the country.