The ASTI says pay disparity in the profession has been allowed continue for far too long.
The union has welcomed comments from Minister for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor saying she believes in equal pay for equal work – including for teachers.
The former school teacher is missing out on 16-thousand euro for her super junior ministry because current legislation only allows for it to be paid to two people.
ASTI President Ger Curtin says they’re taking Minister Mitchell O’Connor seriously so her cabinet colleagues should too
