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TUI expresses serious concern around both the health and safety risks and logistical problems posed by today's move.
Completely unacceptable that Union not consulted
- engagement on matter with stakeholders and public health reps urgently required
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"It was teachers - not government, not the Department, not the HSE - that opened schools and kept schools open. When schools could not open, teachers kept the show on the road, kept students engaged, adapted to new and strange circumstances" Michael Gillespie at
@tui21
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'Aside from the very real health and safety concerns for students, staff and the wider community, implementing proposed return for Leaving Certificate students a logistical nightmare, not least in terms of timetabling'
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'United Nations and World Health Organisation have called for prioritisation of teachers in vaccination programmes'
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"It's remarkable how quickly the concession has been made for junior ministers when consecutive governments have been unable to, or have been unwilling to end pay inequality in other sectors."
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NEW: Post-Primary Principals and Deputy Principals do not believe safe return to schools can be achieved next week - 'COVID levels present a real threat to health and safety of staff and students'
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‘Average post-primary teacher meets 250 students in school every week’ - Michael Gillespie on RTE's Saturday with Katie Hannon programme
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Urgent engagement required on move which would push education workers down prioritisation list - development has arrived without warning or consultation
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The Teachers Union of Ireland (TUI), as a gesture of solidarity with our colleagues in the UCU, today made a contribution to their strike fund. TUI recognises the legitimacy of UCU’s reasonable demands relating to pay, job security and pensions.
@ucu
#UCUstrike
#ucustrikesback
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Exemption of teachers from five-day restriction of movement rule would be dangerous, unfathomable and completely unacceptable. Teachers do not have a magical immunity.
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TUI members at Kinsale Community School manufacturing face visors for frontline healthcare workers. To date in excess of 3,000 face visors have been manufactured and distributed. From left to right: Fergal McCarthy, Maria Brosnan, Aaron Bowen, Adrian O’Connor and Jamie Torpey.
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'Premature decision of Government is deeply damaging to the trust and confidence that has allowed us to keep schools open since September.'
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On RTE's Morning Ireland, TUI President Martin Marjoram said union has no confidence that the plan for Leaving Cert students to return can be implemented safely and practically as early as next Monday. Consultation urgently required. Listen back:
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Listen back to TUI President Martin Marjoram on RTE's Morning Ireland - TUI has no confidence plan to bring Leaving Cert students back to schools can be implemented safely and practically as early as next Monday
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TUI Executive Committee decides that members would not be attending workplaces from Monday - Union welcomes belated decision by Government to finally do the right thing
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'We condemn the failure of the Minister for Education and the Department to provide alternative time-bound working arrangements for teachers who have been ineligible to receive vaccines. To cause a group of pregnant workers to endure weeks of anxiety and fear is unconscionable.'
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Sad death of our colleague and friend, former TUI President Bernie Ruane
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‘School staff were told clearly that they would be prioritised for vaccination in first third of adult population’ – Michael Gillespie, TUI General Secretary on RTE's Saturday with Katie Hannon
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‘We have a very young teaching profession, they will now be very far down the list based on age profile. Yet Government has prioritised the opening of schools, so they are working in one of the few areas in the State opened.’ – Michael Gillespie on RTE’s Morning Ireland
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'Minister, direct your and your Department’s energies elsewhere – do not ask us to co-design, co-construct, co-author, co-concoct or co-half-bake that which is anathema to us and which will not work' - Martin Marjoram on teachers assessing own students for Leaving Cert
#TUI22
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"Unfortunately, as I didn’t have advance sight of your speech, I will have to adapt as our members have to do routinely in classrooms packed to the rafters with 30 teenagers – whose attention and respect is hard won and not gifted -in under-staffed and thinly-resourced schools."
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TUI raised members' concerns with both with the Dept and SEC in relation to face masks and Oral exams. We note and welcome the SEC update that wearing of face masks by both candidates and interviewers will now be required, with exception of those exempted from wearing masks.
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Thanks to everybody for sharing school, college and centre picket line images from around the country today, with both
#equalpayforequalwork
and
#TUIstrike
trending all afternoon 👍
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"We are sinking in a quicksand of acronyms, engaging with SSE/ WSE/RSE/ dealing with the JCT/PDST/NIPT to complete CPD, lost and languishing in the artificiality, deadlines and formality of bureaucracy. What teachers want to do - to teach – is being lost."
#TUI23
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‘Excessive focus on CAO points is not a flaw of the Senior Cycle itself. It is a by-product of a national obsession with progression to third level that distorts the true meaning of education and often leads to invalid and unfair comparisons between schools.’ - TUI President
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TUI President Martin Marjoram on RTE’s Prime Time: ‘Important to acknowledge amount of work going on right now in terms of remote teaching… feedback is that it’s going much better than the last time year…we will continue to engage with Government..’
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Irish teacher unions express solidarity with University & College Union
@ucu
colleagues in the UK as they take strike action. l-r:
@INTOnews
President, INTO DGS,
@ifut
DGS,
@TUIunion
DGS , TUI President Seamus Lahart,
@astiunion
Pres, INTO GS, ASTI GS
#UCUstrike
#ucustrikesback
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Pay discrimination 'palpable, clear and unacceptable' - TUI's John MacGabahann on
@morningireland
- Highlights that 19,000 members in Institutes of Technology, Further and Adult Ed centres and second level schools are striking today
#equalpayforequalwork
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To ensure that schools remain safe, TUI recommends 18th January at a minimum as date for re-opening. Gov needs to make a decision now so that schools can make the necessary preparations for emergency remote provision for the week beg 11th Jan
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Teachers in Hartstown Community School in Dublin 15 have been producing Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Blanchardstown's Connolly Hospital and local nursing homes - thanks to Conor Barry for the images
@HartstownCS
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"Classrooms are workplaces – crowded ones at that. These workplaces cannot be treated as if they enjoy some magical immunity from the risk that characterises other workplaces." Visit for TUI's full statement on schools re-opening.
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'Every school should be allowed make decision on re-opening based on individual circumstances…not a one-size-fits-all situation' – TUI General Secretary Michael Gillespie on RTE’s Today With Philip Boucher Hayes
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TUI is supporting the
#IrelandForAll
Solidarity march taking place in Dublin, this Saturday, 18th February, 2023 - Assembling in Parnell Sq at 1.30pm and progressing to the Customs House - ‘Diversity Not Division’
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TUI expresses serious concern and disappointment about plans for Leaving Certificate 2021 - ongoing negotiations needed to address issues -
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TUI to recommend rejection of proposed public service agreement over its failure to end pay discrimination
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Best wishes to our new President Liz Farrell, who commences her term today. Liz is a teacher in Coláiste Eoin, Hacketstown, Co Carlow and has been a TUI activist throughout her career. She has vast experience in representing the interests of members in a variety of national fora
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TUI and ASTI welcome reinstatement of value of Postgraduate Masters in Education (PME) allowance
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Education unions encourage minute’s silence in all schools and colleges to honour Ashling Murphy
@INTOnews
@forsa_union_ie
@astiunion
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TUI is proud to support Stand Up Awareness Week – Ireland’s largest anti-LGBTI+ bullying campaign in second-level schools. Together, we need to create safe, supportive schools for LGBTI+ youth.
#StandUp20
@BeLonG_To
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TUI Executive Committee member and post-2011 teacher David Waters on effects of the continuing two-tier pay system
#TUI21
#equalpayforequalwork
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We remember Lyra McKee today. In the image below, tribute is paid at TUI's Annual Congress in Killarney last year
#WeStandWithLyra
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Speaking on today's RTE's Drivetime, TUI President Liz Farrell described plan for students to sit LC Paper 1 in English and Irish in 5th Year as 'educationally unsound' and criticised complete absence of consultation with stakeholders
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TUI continues to engage with the Department of Education to achieve workable arrangements in relation to this year’s Leaving Certificate - full statement:
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Serious exam concerns must be urgently addressed - Joint TUI/ASTI/An Gréasán/INOTE statement
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TUI fully supports our school secretary and caretaker colleagues in their strike action over pay and conditions next Wednesday. We encourage members to show their solidarity on the day.
#SupportOurSecretaries
@forsa_union_ie
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David Waters, a teacher in Greenhills Community College in Dublin 12, commences his term as TUI Vice President today. As a teacher appointed after 2011, David has been significantly involved in the Union’s campaign to end pay discrimination.
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Department's flagrant breach of trust on Calculated Grades rankings shows scant regard for vulnerable students and will make future trust-based collaborations extremely difficult
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Teachers doing the same job should get equal pay, says Minister
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Martin Marjoram on Senior Cycle Review. TUI is opposed to and will resist the imposition of teacher-based assessment for state certification purposes. The integrity, objectivity validity, reliability and manageability of the assessment process must be protected.
#TUI22
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TUI to engage with Calculated Grades but system must be fair and equitable and professional integrity of teachers must be protected
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To mark the first anniversary of the passing of our hugely missed friend and colleague Bernie Ruane, who served TUI with distinction in many roles, including as President, a tree was planted outside Head Office. Bernie’s husband John and sons Seán and Cathal attended the event
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On Newstalk's Breakfast Briefing, TUI Vice President Martin Marjoram makes clear that the Union will not tolerate pay discrimination affecting teachers, lecturers, Youthreach resource persons and other affected grades
#equalpayforequalwork
#TUIstrike
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'Self-esteem is slowly built and can be destroyed in an instant' - TUI General Secretary Michael Gillespie outlines consequences of Department's breach of trust on rankings data for vulnerable students on RTE's Drivetime programme
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Schools don't have space for us to function as a workplace. We have to bring their work home and try to do class prep in the family home. This invasion into personal time and pressure to complete online courses outside of school hours is unsustainable.Aedamar Frawley at
#tui24
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TUI has set up a GoFundMe account to which members may donate to assist those most affected by Covid-19 pandemic i.e. the elderly, the recently unemployed, the homeless and other marginalised groups. The Union has made an opening contribution of €20,000
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To honour the memory of Bernie Ruane, the TUI has established the Bernie Ruane TUI Bursary, which will be awarded each year to a student whose intention it is to pursue a career in post-primary teaching
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TUI's Executive Committee unanimously decides to recommend rejection of proposed Public Service Stability Agreement
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Senior cycle: "We will not be correcting the exams of our own students. We will not take on additional workload under the smokescreen of a new senior cycle programme. All new initiatives must be fully resourced - the state certification of the exam system must remain"
#tui19
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'Teachers need full hours, not fractions of jobs' - New TUI President says key issues must be addressed across education sectors
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Best wishes to Seamus Lahart, who has begun his term as President of the TUI. Sincere thanks are extended to Joanne Irwin on her achievements and dedication during her term of office. Best wishes also to Martin Marjoram, who has commenced his term as TUI Vice President.
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On the final day as his term of office as TUI President, sincere thanks are extended to Martin Marjoram for his great work and achievements on behalf of members over the past two years
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Thread: A day ahead of TUI's national strike, it's worth taking a look again at the severe damage that pay discrimination is inflicting on the education system and the service to students
#equalpayforequalwork
#TUIstrike
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Congress instructs the Executive to negotiate with the DES to seek the full restoration of allowances to all grades within the membership paid pre 2012, including but not limited to the teaching through Irish allowance, the island allowance, the masters allowance.
#TUI21
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'Should a school not be in a position to open as scheduled in a manner consistent with the physical distancing requirements set out by the public health authorities, a delay in opening is the only acceptable option.'
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A motion highlighting the situation in relation to mica found in homes has been passed Speakers have described the mental torture inflicted on adults and children impacted by mica. 1/2
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It is with profound sadness that the TUI expresses our regret on the passing of our indomitable, formidable friend and colleague, ASTI President Miriam Duggan. We extend our deepest sympathies to Miriam's family, friends and colleagues
@astiunion
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TUI members to take strike action on Tuesday, 4th February over pay discrimination - statement to follow shortly
#equalpayforequalwork
#TUIstrike
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"The latest OECD figures show that only 3 countries spend a lower proportion of national wealth on education than Ireland. At second level the situation is worse with Ireland’s spend the lowest of the 36 countries for which figures are provided. "
#tui21
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Some of the TUI group showing solidarity with Ukraine outside the Russian embassy in Dublin this evening
#StandWithUkraine
@irishcongress
🇺🇦
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Restoration of middle management structures, easing of bureaucratic overload and end to pay discrimination among measures required to ease burden on schools - TUI's Principals' and Deputy Principals' Assoc
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'Not alone were teachers hunted down in 2010 with cuts, they were hunted down again in 2012 with additional cuts' - John MacGabhann on
@morningireland
#EqualPayForEqualWork
#TUIstrike
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Opinion editorial by TUI Pres David Waters in today's Irish Times: 'Teachers want to teach, not tick boxes... they are deeply and justifiably concerned about the usage and value of the so-called Croke Park Hours in schools.'
#TUI24
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Urgent decision needed on Junior Cycle examinations TUI Press Statement
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'Common basic salary scale needs to be restored. This, is an absolutely essential first step if the problem of the shortage of teachers is to be properly addressed.'
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"Schools all over the country are struggling to recruit SEN co-ordinators, trained experts who can assist vulnerable children. They can’t be found because someone in government thought it a good idea to remove the SEN allowance, Imagine." Liz Farrell to Norma Foley at
#TUI23
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The TUI has condemned the failure of the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide clear guidance to Youthreach centres regarding re-opening after the Christmas break.
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TUI statement on strike - 'We have exhausted every avenue open to us and have been left with no choice but to take strike action over the ongoing scandal of pay discrimination.'
#equalpayforequalwork
#TUIstrike
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'We will make no excuse for raising our justified concerns and defending the health and safety of our members, our students and their families. It is our duty to do so.' TUI Gen Sec Michael Gillespie outlines key Congress issues in Irish Times
#TUI21
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‘Pay parity still not achieved… post-2011 teachers still down €80,000 in career earnings – this will also be a major issue at our Congress’ – Michael Gillespie on RTE’s Today With Katie Hannon
#equalpayforequalwork
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