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ASTI members reject new public service pay agreement
Updated / Wednesday, 10 Feb 2021
20:19
Industry and Employment Correspondent
The Association of Secondary Teachers in Ireland has voted to reject the latest public service pay agreement Building Momentum because it does not restore full pay equality for staff recruited since 2011.
Members rejected the new deal by a margin of 79% to 21%.
The two-year successor to the Public Service Stability Agreement covers around 350,000 civil and public servants, and will add around €900m per year to the public service pay bill when fully implemented.
The ASTI is the first public service union to deliver a ballot result on the deal, and while it is a rejection, the deal is expected to be carried on an aggregate basis because the largest unions including Fórsa, SIPTU, the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Irish National Teachers Organisation have recommended a yes vote.
Teachers to seek assurances on safety of schools before any return to classrooms
A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains. By Lauren Boland Sunday 24 Jan 2021, 3:58 PM Jan 24th 2021, 3:58 PM 53,591 Views 220 Comments
Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie
Image: Sasko Lazarov/Rollingnews.ie
TEACHERS WANT CLEAR “assurances” on how schools will be kept safe before they would feel comfortable returning, according to a teachers’ union.
Before schools reopen, teachers would be looking for safety measures preventing the spread of Covid-19 to be implemented that account for the newer, more transmissible strains.