# asti - Tuesday 19 April, 2022
# TEACHERS UNION
# TEACHERS UNION
The two main teachers’ unions will be holding in-person conferences for the first time in two years today.
# asti - Friday 25 March, 2022
# Schools
- Staff absence in schools is reportedly "very high" due to the current wave of the virus.
- The Department of Education said its helpline remains open to support schools.
- It said measures taken to support the supply of substitute teachers also remain in place.
# asti - Monday 10 January, 2022
# State Exams
# State Exams
Students had a choice last year whether to sit an exam or receive an accredited grade.
# asti - Wednesday 5 January, 2022
# Re-opening
# Re-opening
Education Minister Norma Foley said that the next few weeks would be challenging.
# asti - Tuesday 4 January, 2022
# Back To School
- The Department of Education said there was no public health rationale to delay the reopening.
- The ASTI has said that some classes may be prioritised if adequate teaching staff was not available.
- The leaders of the three government coalition parties also met this afternoon and green lit the plans for schools.
# asti - Monday 3 January, 2022
# Schools
# Schools
The teachers union will ask the Department of Health to introduce ‘a delayed and staggered reopening’ of schools at a meeting tomorrow.
# asti - Monday 29 November, 2021
# Substitute Teachers
# Substitute Teachers
Emergency measures include an increased involvement of student teachers and retired teachers.
# asti - Friday 13 August, 2021
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Pregnant people cannot register for a Covid-19 vaccine prior to 14 weeks’ gestation.
# asti - Wednesday 7 April, 2021
# Teachers
# Teachers
The conferences of the country’s three teacher trade unions are continuing today.
# asti - Tuesday 6 April, 2021
# Vaccine Rollout
- The conferences of the country's three teacher trade unions started online today
- Unions are unhappy about the revised vaccination rollout based on age and not profession
- Education Minister Norma Foley has addressed delegates at the INTO Congress
# asti - Friday 2 April, 2021
# Teachers
# Teachers
The decision to overhaul the vaccine plan has sparked anger from teachers who expected to be vaccinated sooner.
# asti - Tuesday 16 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
Talks have been ongoing for weeks between the government and unions.
# asti - Monday 15 February, 2021
# 2021
# 2021
The ASTI has said the minister has agreed to work on the union’s concerns.
# asti - Saturday 13 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
The ASTI said that its concerns had been addressed by Minister for Education Norma Foley.
# asti - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Leaving Cert
- ASTI to attend fresh talks with Education Minister this afternoon
- Harris says there is more time this year to find solution
- 'Significant increase' in on-site attendance possible at third-level from September
# State Exams
# State Exams
It’s been a chaotic 24 hours.
# asti - Thursday 11 February, 2021
# Education
# Education
The union has said that the plans from the department would not provide a “meaningful Leaving Certificate” for students.
# asti - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# Spread
# Spread
A teachers’ union wants safety measures in schools to be reviewed in the context of the new, more transmissible strains.
# asti - Saturday 9 January, 2021
The union has said that the proposal involves a “continuation of unequal pay for thousands of second-level teachers”.
# asti - Friday 30 October, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
ASTI members have voted to take industrial action over ‘key coronavirus issues’ in Irish schools.
# asti - Thursday 29 October, 2020
# ASTI
# ASTI
The ASTI voted to authorise strike action if a number of issues are not addressed.
# asti - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Teaching Union
# Teaching Union
The union president said teachers are “demanding that the government step up” and provide solutions.
# asti - Monday 5 October, 2020
# Teachers
# Teachers
Under Level 5 restrictions, schools would remain open but most other businesses would be closed
# asti - Saturday 19 September, 2020
# ASTI
# ASTI
It said ASTI members had “serious concerns” about the health and safety of school communities.
# asti - Thursday 2 July, 2020
# New Guidelines
# New Guidelines
Teachers’ unions will appear before the Dáil’s Covid-19 committee today.
# asti - Friday 22 May, 2020
# Indemnity
# Indemnity
Education Minister Joe McHugh has welcomed the development.
# Calculated Grades
# Calculated Grades
The ASTI has said that teachers need to be fully protected if there is a legal challenge to calculated grades.
# asti - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Leaving Cert
# Leaving Cert
The main teachers’ union said it still has “a number of major concerns” with the new Leaving Cert plan.
# asti - Wednesday 22 January, 2020
# Pay Dispute
# Pay Dispute
TUI members are set to strike on 4 February over pay inequality.
# asti - Wednesday 9 January, 2019
# Teaching
# Teaching
In other countries excessive bureaucracy has led to the demoralisation of teachers, writes ASTI President Breda Lynch.
# asti - Thursday 29 November, 2018
# Teachers Pay
# Teachers Pay
The ASTI’s executive will meet shortly to consider the outcome of the ballot.
# asti - Wednesday 31 October, 2018
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
# Equal Pay For Equal Work
The union will meet next Wednesday to agree on a ballot for industrial action, up to and including a strike.
# asti - Tuesday 3 April, 2018
# New Teachers
# New Teachers
Unions have voted in favour of industrial action if pay inequality is not addressed.
# Sex Education
# Sex Education
Richard Bruton is due to address the annual conference of the ASTI teachers’ union this morning.
# asti - Thursday 14 September, 2017
# Education
# Education
A ballot of members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) rejected the government’s new public pay deal this evening.
# asti - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# 11th Hour
# 11th Hour
The SEC said that it would have sufficient numbers in place and did not want to “cause alarm” with the appeal.
# asti - Thursday 2 February, 2017
# ASTI
# ASTI
Industrial action led to the closure of over 500 schools in November.
# asti - Tuesday 29 November, 2016
# Midnight Oil
# Midnight Oil
It’s three weeks since the current talks process began.
# asti - Saturday 12 November, 2016
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
The next few months look bleak for industrial relations in the public sector, writes Dr Michelle O’Sullivan.
# asti - Wednesday 9 November, 2016
# Schooled
# Schooled
The agreement to suspend the action has been welcomed by the government and education bodies.