Teaching unions threaten strike action

The country's teachers are threatening to strike if the Government tries to enforce changes to their pay and conditions.

Teaching unions threaten strike action

The country's teachers are threatening to strike if the Government tries to enforce changes to their pay and conditions.

In a joint statement this afternoon, the three main teaching unions said they are going to ballot their members for industrial action following the rejection of Croke Park 2.

The INTO, the ASTI and the TUI decided to conduct the ballot at meetings of their executives in Dublin today.

It follows the rejection this week of LRC proposals on a new deal by public service unions.

Each teaching union will ballot its own members next month.

Statement in full:

The executives of the three teacher unions have decided to conduct a ballot of members for industrial action, up to and including strike action.

The decisions were made at meetings of the three teacher union executives in Dublin today.

Each union will conduct a ballot of its own members in May 2013.

Industrial action by the teacher unions will be triggered in the event of Government proceeding unilaterally to impose salary cuts or to worsen working conditions.

Pat King, general secretary of the ASTI said: “Teachers have already taken a 14% reduction in pay and have delivered additional work and substantial savings under the Croke Park Agreement. Young teachers, many of whom find themselves in precarious employment situations, have had inferior terms and conditions imposed on them in a most inequitable manner.”

Sheila Nunan, general secretary of the INTO said: “Following the very strong rejection by teachers of the LRC proposals the ball is now in the government’s court. Any move to unilaterally cut teachers’ salaries or worsen working conditions will be strongly resisted up to and including strike action”.

TUI general secretary John MacGabhann said: “Teachers and lecturers objectively considered the LRC proposals and found them to be unbalanced and unfair.

“They hit those in part-time, lowly paid work hardest, are regressive and are now, deservedly, dead in the water. We have an existing agreement and will continue to honour it.

“We expect Government to do the same. If they choose not to we will take whatever industrial action is necessary.”

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