Talks between the Department of Education and trade union Fórsa are still ongoing at the Workplace Relations Commission.
Today's the day. Support your local school secretary in their national day of action in whatever way you can. #SupportOurSecretaries pic.twitter.com/5tgRS8BuUwSCHOOL SECRETARIES ARE taking part in industrial action today over poor pay and work conditions, and are planning to march to Leinster House at 1pm today.
Secretaries are engaging in work-to-rule action today in protest against duties they have to perform that they claim they are not paid for. He said that this issue goes back to 1978, and that the “frustration is palpable” among school secretaries. “They’re the glue that keeps the schools together,” McHugh said.
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