# asti - Thursday 27 October, 2016
# A Lot More To Do
# A Lot More To Do
Today marked the first day of strike action for teachers across the country, with over 500 schools closed.
# Winter Of Discontent
# Winter Of Discontent
Teachers are not the only group set to strike over the coming weeks.
# asti - Wednesday 19 October, 2016
# Secondary SChools
# Secondary SChools
Some students in exam years have expressed an interest in studying in school during these days but this is not likely to be feasible due to the lack of supervision and insurance requirements.
# asti - Friday 14 October, 2016
The ASTI have this evening announced the dates of seven strike days.
# Industrial Relations
# Industrial Relations
Minister for Education Richard Bruton says they’d need seven weeks to put a contingency in place. .
# asti - Thursday 13 October, 2016
# Strike
# Strike
ASTI members voted overwhelmingly in favour of an industrial action.
# Out Of College
# Out Of College
The results of two ASTI ballots will be revealed.
# asti - Friday 30 September, 2016
# ASTI
# ASTI
Students taught by ASTI could end up losing 10% of their overall mark, it is feared.
# asti - Saturday 17 September, 2016
# Column
# Column
ASTI representative Ciara Kinsella explains why secondary school teachers are considering going on strike.
# asti - Saturday 3 September, 2016
# Teachers
# Teachers
Teachers will be asked about industrial action and will also vote on whether they want to withdraw from supervision duties.
# asti - Monday 30 May, 2016
# Agreement
# Agreement
The TUI will effectively be signing up to the terms of The Landsdowne Road Agreement.
# asti - Sunday 29 May, 2016
# Industrial Action
# Industrial Action
2016 has not been a good year for industrial relations.
# asti - Friday 20 May, 2016
# Croke Park
# Croke Park
The hours were agreed under the Croke Park agreement.
# asti - Thursday 24 March, 2016
# Pastoral Care
# Pastoral Care
The results of a survey show how a moratorium on hiring has affected schools.
# asti - Friday 18 March, 2016
# Not My Problem
# Not My Problem
The ASTI is planning further strike days over concerns about planned changes to the junior cycle.
# asti - Thursday 7 May, 2015
# Stalemate
# Stalemate
Only a nominal number of teachers have taken up the new teacher training.
# asti - Tuesday 7 April, 2015
# Admissions
# Admissions
Minister Jan O’Sullivan is due to announce new legislation later today.
# asti - Friday 13 February, 2015
# Not Happy
# Not Happy
Unions have rejected the draft document but say it may form the basis for discussions.
# asti - Friday 6 February, 2015
# asti - Thursday 22 January, 2015
# Placards At Dawn
# Placards At Dawn
Who’ll blink first in the junior cycle row? Not the teachers, by the sounds of it… TheJournal.ie stopped by one city centre picket this morning to take the temperature.
# asti - Wednesday 21 January, 2015
# Ham Fisted
# Ham Fisted
Around 330,000 second level students will have a day off tomorrow, as teachers go on strike again.
# asti - Friday 12 December, 2014
# School's Out
# School's Out
Teachers will hold their second strike on Thursday 22 January.
# asti - Monday 8 December, 2014
# Education
# Education
In the bickering between unions and government, one voice is often lacking: that of the student.
# asti - Tuesday 2 December, 2014
# No Light Ahead
# No Light Ahead
The action today has seen 27,000 of the country’s teachers taking industrial action.
Times are changing, as is teaching, but we can’t lose sight of what’s important; instilling a love of learning in our students.
# Your Say
# Your Say
Students have a day off as teachers take action over proposed Junior Cert reforms.
# asti - Monday 1 December, 2014
# Deadlock
# Deadlock
Neither the minister nor the unions will budge.
# asti - Friday 14 November, 2014
# Striiike
# Striiike
Two days of action are going ahead. The first is on 2 December.
# Education
# Education
The current Junior Cycle reform impasse presents teacher unions with an opportunity to show creative leadership.
# asti - Tuesday 11 November, 2014
# Collapsed Talks
# Collapsed Talks
Teaching unions rejected a revised set of proposals today.
# asti - Tuesday 7 October, 2014
# ASTI
# ASTI
The Department of Education said that talks are ongoing between the Minister and teachers.
# asti - Wednesday 23 April, 2014
# Sir Sir Sir
From The Daily Edge
# Sir Sir Sir
Those who can, teach.
# Under Fire
# Under Fire
Meanwhile, the Department of Education has denied that the Minister was trying to suggest a higher level maths requirement would get more men into the teaching profession.
# asti - Tuesday 22 April, 2014
# Rumble For Ruairi
# Rumble For Ruairi
The minister had earlier today faced the ire of primary teachers.
# Pay Cuts
# Pay Cuts
John MacGabhainn’s also calling for the TUI and the ASTI to merge, in order to deal in a more unified way with threats and challenges in the sector.
# asti - Wednesday 12 March, 2014
# Secondary School
# Secondary School
The ASTI are calling for more resources to help students with emotional difficulties or who are victims of bullying.
# asti - Friday 21 February, 2014
# Dispute
# Dispute
A teacher will remain in the school to supervise students during the protests.
# asti - Friday 14 February, 2014
# Junior Cert
# Junior Cert
27,000 ASTI and TUI members are to be balloted on non-co-operation with the new Junior Cycle.
# asti - Tuesday 21 January, 2014
# Junior Cycle Student Award
# Junior Cycle Student Award
Education Minister Ruairí Quinn said he “would’ve loved” if the working group on junior certificate reform could have met last year but ASTI made that impossible.
# asti - Sunday 19 January, 2014
# Junior Cycle Student Award
# Junior Cycle Student Award
Teachers have expressed their concern about the implementation of the new Junior Cycle Student Award, which will replace the Junior Cert.
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