School secretaries industrial action premature, unwarranted – Department

Planned industrial action by school secretaries is premature and unwarranted, the Department of Education has said.

The secretaries will commence their campaign of industrial action on September 20th with a short work stoppage at the start of the school day. The department said this was tabled by the union as a follow-on claim from the current pay agreement for this group of staff which will expire in December. It said this agreement provided for a 10 per cent pay increase from 2016 to 2019 and a higher minimum hourly rate of €13.

The department said that Fórsa’s claim would be fully considered once the current costings had been determined on completion of the survey.

Source: Education Headlines (educationheadlines.net)

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