# asti - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
Talks have been ongoing for weeks between the government and unions.
# asti - Monday 15 February, 2021
# 2021
# 2021
The ASTI has said the minister has agreed to work on the union’s concerns.
# asti - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
The ASTI said that its concerns had been addressed by Minister for Education Norma Foley.
# asti - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Leaving Cert
ASTI to attend fresh talks with Education Minister this afternoon Harris says there is more time this year to find solution 'Significant increase' in on-site attendance possible at third-level from September
# State Exams
# State Exams
It’s been a chaotic 24 hours.
# asti - Thursday 11 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
The union has said that the plans from the department would not provide a “meaningful Leaving Certificate” for students.
# asti - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Spread
# Spread
A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains.
# asti - Saturday 9 January, 2021
The union has said that the proposal involves a “continuation of unequal pay for thousands of second-level teachers”.
# asti - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action over ‘key coronavirus issues’ in Irish schools.
# asti - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# ASTI
# ASTI
The ASTI voted to authorise strike action if a number of issues are not addressed.
# asti - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Teaching Union
# Teaching Union
The union president said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions.
# asti - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Teachers
# Teachers
Under Level 5 restrictions, schools would remain open but most other businesses would be closed
# asti - Saturday 19 September, 2020
# ASTI
# ASTI
It said ASTI members had “serious concerns” about the health and safety of school communities.
# asti - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# New Guidelines
# New Guidelines
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
# asti - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Indemnity
# Indemnity
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
# asti - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The main teachers’ union said it still has “a number of major concerns” with the new Leaving Cert plan.
# asti - Wednesday 22 January, 2020
# Pay Dispute
# Pay Dispute
TUI members are set to strike on 4 February over pay inequality.
# asti - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Teaching
# Teaching
In other countries excessive bureaucracy has led to the demoralisation of teachers, writes ASTI President Breda Lynch.
# asti - Thursday 29 November, 2018
# Teachers Pay
# Teachers Pay
The ASTI ’s executive will meet shortly to consider the outcome of the ballot.
# asti - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
The union will meet next Wednesday to agree on a ballot for industrial action, up to and including a strike.
# asti - Tuesday 3 April, 2018
# New Teachers
# New Teachers
Unions have voted in favour of industrial action if pay inequality is not addressed.
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
Richard Bruton is due to address the annual conference of the ASTI teachers’ union this morning.
# asti - Thursday 14 September, 2017
# Education
# Education
A ballot of members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) rejected the government’s new public pay deal this evening.
# asti - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# 11th Hour
# 11th Hour
The SEC said that it would have sufficient numbers in place and did not want to “cause alarm” with the appeal.
# asti - Thursday 2 February, 2017
# ASTI
# ASTI
Industrial action led to the closure of over 500 schools in November.
# asti - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
# Midnight Oil
# Midnight Oil
It’s three weeks since the current talks process began.
# asti - Saturday 12 November, 2016
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The next few months look bleak for industrial relations in the public sector, writes Dr Michelle O’Sullivan.
# asti - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
# Schooled
# Schooled
The agreement to suspend the action has been welcomed by the government and education bodies.
# asti - Tuesday 8 November, 2016
# ASTI
# ASTI
Teachers were due to withdraw from supervision and substitution duties tomorrow, leading to the closure of schools nationwide.
# Teachers
# Teachers
The strike centres on pay for newly-qualified teachers.
# asti - Monday 7 November, 2016
# ASTI
# ASTI
Earlier today Minister Richard Bruton accused the union of trying to “rewrite the entire approach to public pay in this dispute”.
# Supervising
# Supervising
ASTI members are withdrawing from certain duties.
# asti - Sunday 6 November, 2016
# No Deal
# No Deal
No deal was reached today.
# Under Pressure
# Under Pressure
The former Taoiseach isn’t sure if gardaí should have access to industrial relations mechanisms.
# asti - Saturday 5 November, 2016
# Your Say
# Your Say
A number of unions have said that a deal offered to gardaí changes the landscape of the agreement.
# asti - Thursday 3 November, 2016
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
The gardaí are not the only public servants who are currently locked in talks.
# asti - Thursday 27 October, 2016
# A Lot More To Do
# A Lot More To Do
Today marked the first day of strike action for teachers across the country, with over 500 schools closed.
# Winter Of Discontent
# Winter Of Discontent
Teachers are not the only group set to strike over the coming weeks.
# asti - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
Some students in exam years have expressed an interest in studying in school during these days but this is not likely to be feasible due to the lack of supervision and insurance requirements.
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