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Irish unions call off Thursday’s strike -government

Posted on December 7, 2009 by | Comments Off on Irish unions call off Thursday’s strike -government

Reuters: Irish unions call off Thursday’s strike -government

DUBLIN, Dec 1 (Reuters) – Irish trade unions have agreed to call off a fresh public sector strike on Thursday against planned spending cuts in next week’s budget for 2010, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said on Tuesday.

Up to 250,000 nurses, teachers and other public workers held a one-day strike last week over government plans to cut the public sector pay bill by 1.3 billion euros in the Dec. 9 budget and they had threatened a second day of action for Thursday.

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Irish teachers’ union warns 1,000 jobs face the chop

Posted on April 20, 2009 by | Comments Off on Irish teachers’ union warns 1,000 jobs face the chop

Herald.ie: Teachers’ union warns 1,000 jobs face the chop

THERE will be a huge reduction in the number of teachers in secondary level schools this year.

As many as 1,000 temporary or part-time secondary teachers are facing the chop, according to the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI).

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Ireland: Teachers to stage one-day strike

Posted on March 16, 2009 by | Comments Off on Ireland: Teachers to stage one-day strike

RTE News: Teachers to stage one-day strike
Friday, 13 March 2009 22:18

The three main teaching unions have voted to join other unions and take strike action on 30 March, closing thousands of schools.

The Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland, the Irish National Teachers Organisation and the Teachers’ Union of Ireland decided to join the Irish Congress of Trade Unions day of action in protest at public sector cuts.

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