CIT industrial action is about downgrading of staff not proposed university status

CIT lecturers are taking industrial action to oppose the downgrading of staff and knock-on effects on their students’ education, writes Dr Tom O’Connor

Next week, on Wednesday February 3, there will be a one-day strike at Cork Institute of Technology.

This looks set to escalate into longer stoppage periods and possibly full-scale, protracted strike action by lecturing staff, unless the situation is resolved by meaningful discussion.