Teachers to protest over cuts –

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Thousands of teachers are due to take part in a protest outside the Dáil today over education cuts and pay for newly qualified teachers.

Teachers from schools in the Dublin area representing the three main teaching unions, the INTO, ASTI and TUI will gather for the 4.30pm rally.

Newly qualified teachers will also be joining the protest. They are “demanding equal pay for equal work,” the unions said in a joint statement. Their salaries are a fifth less than the starting salary of colleagues, it said. Most newly qualified teachers are unable to find work and will spend the next few year subbing, the statement said.

Teachers will also protest about cuts. Following four years of cuts and with the Budget looming teachers want to “express their concerns and fears for the children and young people in their classrooms,” the statement added

Presidents of the unions will address the rally.

via Teachers to protest over cuts – The Irish Times – Wed, Oct 24, 2012.