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THE TEACHER’S UNION of Ireland, which represents some 14,000 second and third level teachers, has voted to accept the Haddington Road deal on public sector pay.
It was confirmed this evening that members had accepted the measures by a margin of 54 per cent to 46 per cent. Just under two thirds cast their vote.
General Secretary of the union John MacGabhann said they had accepted the agreement with “strong reluctance” and viewed it as the “lesser of two evils”. The teachers would have been subject to emergency financial legislation had they rejected the deal. Unlike Haddington Road, that option provides for no restoration in pay cuts being brought in as part of the agreement.
MacGabhann added: “The commitments in the Agreement with regard to improved salary scales for new teachers and lecturers and the enhanced arrangements for award of Contracts of Indefinite Duration must be put in place without delay.”
TUI President Gerard Craughwell said there was a “huge and growing sense of anger and frustration amongst teachers and lecturers” over the increasing burden of additional bureaucratic work that “does nothing to enhance the quality of teaching and lecturing”.
Industrial action
Another second-level union, the ASTI, voted earlier to reject Haddington Road and in favour of industrial action.
Speaking following the outcome, ASTI general secretary Pat King said members were sending the message that “they have given enough”. The union leadership will meet on Monday to discuss its next step.
Speaking to RTÉ News this evening, King said that members had given a mandate for action “up to and including strike action”. He said it was likely that the initial focus would be a withdrawal of “extra duties and hours” including administration work.
Pressed on whether a strike could be called if there was no response to that, King replied “potentially, yeah”.
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Title should read “Transport boss lives in LaLa Land”
I don’t go into the city anymore, I only go where I can take my car.
@David Huston: Then you are an idiot and plague on the city
@Darren Norris: Well he’s not a plague on the city. He doesn’t go into it anymore :})
@Darren Norris: “David Huston” ran into problems when he tried to take a trip to see his relatives in New York recently… The Water got in and flooded the engine!
@Michael O’Neill: as a large percentage of people. Liffey valley, blanch and Dundrum gain! I go thru the city unnecessarily to avoid the toll from south to northside. If the til ldodnt exist I’d be on m50 all the time. I only go to town on a Sunday when there’s few parking. Too much otherwise. 20 min drive or over an hour on a bus, guess which I’ll do
@kevinhunt101: maybe we just need a congestion charge in that case
Transport minister needs to be on the luas from citywest to city centre at 6.30 am. And also at about 5 pm…everyday for a year
@Eugene Tyson: IF Rush hour didnt exist, then the Luas would also not exist
@Darren Norris: Do not try to bend the spoon; that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. Then you will see, it is not the spoon that bends, it is only yourself.
@Eugene Tyson: he’s had 4 years to hone his trolling.
@Eugene Tyson: Would that not be the Luas from Sandyford then for him?
@Eugene Tyson:
Transport mininster needs to take an interest in transport and stop poling his nose into matters outside his so called brief.
Great reporting…very one sided…maybe ask the folks using the Luas during the rush hour and not be feed the little sound bits that they are dropping into your lap
Need your head examining. It’s a total mess.
Just this morning a Luas leaving in Brides Glen at 7:10am people weren’t able to get on by the time it is at Dundrum. Don’t tell me they are happy with that already going forward. It’s a disgrace.
@J Murphy: It isn’t like anybody waits at a bus stop and the bus passes by because it is full. Everything has a capacity
I’m not diminishing the complaints of people using the Luas Green Line, I use it still quite a bit and have witnessed the sardine-like conditions. But I don’t understand why overcrowding on the Luas is given so much more attention than consistent overcrowding on many Dublin Bus routes. I’m sure many commuters could sympathise with a litany of buses flying past your stop without stopping at rush hour.
@Jake Mulcahy: Dublin bus in 2007 had 1200 buses with a requirement for 400 more. Now they have 978 for the same amount of passengers. Unfortunately you cannot pour 1 gallon of water into a 1 litre container without making a mess somewhere. Plus the NTA say when buses are required, how many & where & how they’re to be deployed. 1000′s of commuters left stranded every day, the buses that are in service are dangerously over loaded. It’s a disaster waiting to happen…
@Matt Donovan: Not to mention the new Luas creating gridlock for many bus routes in the city centre and adversely affecting their frequency. Even though I live near where the proposed metro would go, I’d much rather see those resources being used to improve bus services.
Total BS story by Journal
All other modes of transport/commuters have suffered greatly since Luas Extension opened.
???Transport Boss has always been the Minister of Transport .
Some people also ‘believe’ the earth is flat, doesn’t make it true.
Imagine Irish Rail won’t give RTI (rest time information) to app developers to give the public accurate times on the phones etc. Dublin Bus is also backward regarding RTI especially on phone apps. Brown envelopes need to be handed over to those decision makers quickly. It’s the Irish way. Considering we promote big tech companies and grant aid their development yet won’t give them basic info for apps to work. NTA chairperson should resign. No other country would tolerate what our commuters put up with.
Just back from Dubai where they have a very similar tram system to our luas with a few major differences for the car owner. If you crash or cause any disruption to the service off their tram it’s an automatic fine or 30,000 Dirhams ( about €7,500) plus they take the license of you for a period of time. They take no shit out there.
On the Leap card, why isn’t it nationwide. It might encourage use of public transport in smaller towns, and us country bumpkins could use them when we go up to the Big Smoke (8th December/All Irelands etc)
Tell that to the luas on currently on
Can u smell that smell’s like shite talk
If anyone here can show me where analysis has shown that upgrading the green line to a metro is a good option could you please tell me what report it is in?
I have looked in all transport plans and none have suggested upgrading that to a metro
I myself am a luas user and i commuter every day and the redline is some what of a joke can’t even get on it most of the time
same today i had to walk to Huston station as i could not get on the luas at rush hour so i belive you should be looking at introducing longer trams on the red line also.
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