Press Releases

Students and staff unions join with third-level representative bodies to demand government response

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At its meeting this evening, the Executive Committee of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) decided to put the proposal on new entrant pay to a ballot of members without recommendation.

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Comment from the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) on today’s announcement regarding new entrant pay:

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has congratulated students on their Junior Certificate results. The union has urged all students to complete a Leaving Certificate programme.

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The latest OECD international indicators – Education At A Glance 2018 – highlight the excellent work of Irish teachers and lecturers. Once again, the report emphasises the value of educational attainment to both the individual and society.

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Education unions say time is up and demand swift agreement on pay inequality.

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Second-level schools nationwide are struggling to recruit teachers across a range of subjects, the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) said today. The union has expressed its scepticism about the proposal to introduce quotas for teacher training places – as reported in today’s Irish Times. While it and other measures may merit consideration, it will do nothing to tackle the current crisis.  

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has congratulated students on their Leaving Certificate results and advised them to consider continuing their education in areas that engage them most.

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The campaign for pay equality for teachers and lecturers appointed since 2011 will remain the key campaign of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) until the issue is resolved, according to new President Seamus Lahart.

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI), which represents over 17,000 teachers and lecturers in second level, adult/further education and at third level, has wished all students the best of luck ahead of this year’s state examinations.

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Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) are today staging lunchtime protests around the country over the continuing injustice of pay discrimination. Service to students is not affected by the protests, which are taking place outside the schools, colleges, centres and Institutes of Technology in which TUI members work. Teachers and lecturers who entered the profession since 2011 are still paid at a lower rate than their colleagues for carrying out the same work.

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Almost half of recent entrants to post-primary teaching believe it is unlikely or very unlikely that they will still be in the profession in ten years’ time, according to the findings of a new survey by the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI). However, if pay equality was restored, 94% said it was likely or very likely that they would remain in the profession.

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has warned that the workload of academic staff in the Institute of Technology sector has long since exceeded reasonable levels and is now completely unsustainable. 

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Protest demands publication of Report to Address Inequality

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The Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) has welcomed this afternoon’s publication of the report and recommendations of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills on Off-Shore Island Schools. The Union has 138 members in five such schools off the coasts of Galway and Donegal.

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