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Good luck to all exam students

By piofficer 05 Jun 2013 | 0 comments
On the first day of the Leaving and Junior Certificate exams, TUI President Gerard Craughwell, wished the 117,000 exam students the best of luck and urged them to remember that there are many options available to them after their examinations.

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TUI members ballot for industrial action

By piofficer 20 May 2013 | 0 comments
Members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) have balloted for industrial action, up to and including strike action, in the event that government unilaterally imposes salary cuts or worsens working conditions for teachers and lecturers.   Eighty four precent of the union's membership of 14,500 voted in favour of industrial action. The turnout was 63%.   TUI balloted members for industrial action, in conjunction with the other teacher unions ASTI and INTO, following rejection of the so called ‘Croke Park 2’ proposals by all three unions.  TUI is currently engaged in education sector talks in the aftermath of members’ rejection of the proposals.   TUI General Secretary John MacGabhann said: “TUI members – along with their colleagues in ASTI and INTO - have given the government a clear message that if it unilaterally moves to cut pay or worsen working conditions it will be confronted by the teaching and lecturing workforce.   “Teachers and lecturers have already contributed a huge amount towards national recovery through increased productivity, on top of the pension levy and pay cuts which have reduced their take-home pay by as much as 20%.  In addition, newly qualified teachers have been cynically targeted for further pay reductions and many young teachers are currently surviving on portions of jobs, on scraps of hours.   "TUI took the decision to enter education sector talks against this backdrop and is working closely with the other teacher unions in order to protect members’ terms and conditions.”

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TUI will oppose imposition of arbitrary and oppressive public service proposals, says TUI General Secretary John MacGabhann

By piofficer 02 Apr 2013 | 0 comments
TUI General Secretary John MacGabhann today advised Government that, following the result of its ballot, TUI will vote against the LRC proposals on a Public Service Agreement at meeting of the Public Services Committee of ICTU in mid-April and furthermore, the union will continue to oppose imposition of the proposals following this. TUI will be asking ICTU to “respect and support” this position, he said.

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TUI executive recommends rejection of proposals

By piofficer 27 Feb 2013 | 0 comments
The executive committee of the TUI met this afternoon to consider the proposals that emerged from public service talks as they apply to the education sector.  The overwhelming view was that the proposals are very deficient in many respects.   The TUI executive has decided that the proposals should be put to a ballot of TUI members with a recommendation to reject.

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Budget cuts to further education will unfairly impact on marginalised students

By piofficer 05 Dec 2012 | 0 comments
Cuts for unemployed people who take up further education and training programmes, as well as the increase in the pupil teacher ratio for PLC schools announced in today’s Budget is an attack on vulnerable and marginalised learners, the Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI) has said.   “The increase in class size for PLC schools will have a damaging impact on vulnerable and marginalised students, many of whom need hands-on assistance and extra tuition. Small class sizes are vital in this sector where many pupils are mature students returning to education,” said TUI President Gerard Craughwell.   In addition cuts to income supports for unemployed individuals who take up places on further education programmes will damage participation rates in these schemes at a time when Government should be encouraging and assisting the unemployed to return to education to upskill and retrain. TUI General Secretary John MacGabhann said: “These cuts fly in the face of Government commitments to labour market activation and to providing educational and training supports for the unemployed.”   TUI also criticised increases to the third level student registration fee which it said will impact most on students from low and middle income families.   The union said it is regretful that the Government did not raise income tax for those on high salaries. “This is a missed opportunity to target those who can afford to contribute the most. The Government failure to increase tax for the higher paid has inevitable and unfairly meant further hits for those on low and middle incomes. In particular the decision to introduce PRSI payments for low paid workers is a regressive step. It will have a disproportionate impact on young teachers, many of whom are employed on part-time hours and who are already living in income poverty,” Mr MacGabhann said.   The union welcomed a number of elements of the Budget. Mr MacGabhann said: “TUI welcomes the commitment by the Government to begin work on the new Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT) campus at Grangegorman. TUI also welcomes the labour market activation measures announced in today’s Budget.”

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