AS UNIONS PLAN another day of industrial action over junior cycle reform, the head of a business group has suggested that teachers should be prevented by law from going on strike.

“We noticed a six-fold spike in day off requests within 24 hours of the announcement of the pre-Christmas strike,” Mark Fielding of ISME said.

Hundreds of thousands of second level students would again be staying at home on 22 January, Fielding said, causing massive knock-on problems.

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That's ridiculous. They're perfectly entitled to strike. (7242)

They should be banned entirely from striking. (2122)

They should give more notice of actions. (780)

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They should be banned entirely from striking.
They should give more notice of actions.
That's ridiculous. They're perfectly entitled to strike.
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