ASTI - Ireland's main second level teachers union
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ASTI responds to announcement on reduction in teacher numbers
24 November 2010
ASTI General Secretary Pat King has responded to an announcement by the Department of Education and Skills on the reduction in teacher numbers.
“The ASTI is dismayed that despite repeated assurances that frontline education...
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‘Disgraceful attack on young teacher graduates’ – ASTI chief
24 November 2010
Responding to the launch of the National Recovery Plan, ASTI General Secretary Pat King has strongly condemned the proposal to reduce the salary of new entrants to teaching by 10% and the removal of two salary increments....
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ASTI welcomes funding for computers in schools
17 November 2010
ASTI welcomes the announcement by the Tánaiste today of further allocation of funding for computers in schools.
Pat King, General Secretary, underlined that this funding is vital - and long overdue. During the years of the...
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Teacher Unions Launch Pensions Report: “Future Teachers’ Pensions” prepared by Trident Consulting
04 November 2010
The three teacher unions today launched a report showing that if government plans to change pension arrangements for public servants go ahead then teachers will pay more in contributions to the scheme than they will get out in...
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Regulation of teaching profession undermined by Amendment Bill
01 November 2010
The ASTI has stated that while it welcomes the move by the Minister for Education and Skills Tánaiste Mary Coughlan to urge school managements to prioritise qualified out-of-work teachers for substitute and temporary teaching...
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