Secondary Teachers Question Pay Deal Over Outstanding 1% Increase

A new agreement was struck to avoid another nationwide strike.

Pay increases for secondary school teachers is being questioned in the newly proposed public service pay deal.

Their concerns lie over an outstanding 1% to be paid, in order for it to honour a seperate agreement already reached on redeveloping the Senior Cycle.

The new agreement was struck this week in order to avoid a second day of nationwide strike action.

Tullamore's Michael Gillespie is the General Secretary of the Teachers Union of Ireland and says negociating power is changing:

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