Joe Biden: “They’re all our children .. They’re not somebody else’s children. They’re like yours when they’re in the classroom.” pic.twitter.com/ATNGGO594U
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) April 27, 2022
Um.
Last night.
Washington DC, USA.
Meanwhile…
No. My children are mine.
And no one is sniffing them. https://t.co/hwFTkYQ7cN
— Matthew Marsden (@matthewdmarsden) April 28, 2022
Ah now.
Say those end of term goodbyes….
…with panache.
Darren Hughes writes:
Just in time to give teachers the end-of-year send-off they deserve, Ireland’s largest contemporary craft and design fair Gifted has launched an online site featuring the best makers from the annual event at the RDS.
With a selection of gifts for teachers for under €30, Giftedfromireland.com is a curated hub, featuring the very best in Irish craft and design direct from many of the country’s most talented makers.
It features an eclectic mix of jewellery, accessories, homeware, clothing, skincare, artisan food, sustainable living products and gifts which can be delivered worldwide.
From top: Ring dishes in white clay and glaze with a hand-painted 22k gold lustre accent by Danu Ceramics available in a range of colours (€26 each); Ceramic Monster Plant Pots by Yewfort Crafts available in a range of colours (€15); Oak and Perspex Puzzle handmade by The Dublin Puzzle Co. (€20); Small batch marmalade made in Galway by Gran Gran’s Foods in a selection of flavours (€4); Handmade Donegal tweed pocket squares by Orwell & Browne available in a range of colours (€30)
Licks.
Beats an apple, in fairness.
Irish-made stuff to broadsheet@broadsheet.ie marked ‘irish-Made Stuff’. No fee.
This morning.
New Road, Clondalkin, County Dublin
Pre-2011 pay-scale teacher Neasa Moloney (top left) supporting her colleague, lower tier post-2011 pay scale teacher Sarah Kelly outside Colaiste Bride School on a day of action across Ireland by members of the Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) over unequal pay.
It’s heartbreaking.
Everyone’s in tiers.
No school for thousands of students as TUI strikes over equal pay (RTÉ)
This lunchtime.
The Teachers’ Union of Ireland has announced that its members will go on strike on Tuesday, February 4th.
This is days before the general election on February 8th.
In a statement, the TUI says:
The Union represents some 19,000 members in second level schools, colleges of further and adult education and Institutes of Technology/Technological Universities.
In October, TUI members voted by a margin of 92% to 8% to engage in a campaign of industrial action, up to and including strike action, on this issue, and the Union announced in November that it would take strike action in February unless the matter was resolved.
The union stated that while its campaign has resulted in progress, those teachers employed after 1st January 2011 will still earn some €110,000 less than longer-serving colleagues over the course of a career. Critically, they will earn over €50,000 less in the first ten years of their career when key life choices are made.
Speaking today, TUI President Seamus Lahart said:
‘We have exhausted every avenue open to us to bring this matter to resolution and have been left with no choice but to take strike action over the ongoing scandal of pay discrimination.”
Salaries of ‘lower secondary school’ teachers with 15 years’ experience – before tax, according to the The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Seventh!
You’re buying, teach.
This is where teachers are paid the most (World Economic Forum)
Thanks Spaghetti Hoop
This morning/afternoon
Almost 70% of second-level schools are closed today as the Association of Secondary School Teachers in Ireland (ASTI) engage in the second of a series of one-day strikes over the issue of equal pay for more recently qualified teachers.
From top: Loreto College Dublin 2; pics 2-4: Pobalscoil Neasain, Baldoyle; pic 5: ASTI President Ed Byrne (right) and ASTI General Secretary Kieran Christie and ASTI members
Second day of strike action by ASTI teachers (RTÉ)
Rollingnews
Fintan Sheridan tweetz:
Great support for Asti union this morning on the very busy Fonthill Rd [Dublin 22].
Elaine Feeney tweetz:
Happy striking in the rain for parity in pay for junior teachers #strike
Teresa Mannion tweetz:
Picket line at Colaiste Éinde, Salthill, Galway.
Aoife Kelly tweetz:
Parents supporting us with tea and sausage rolls [in Dublin].
John O’Connor tweetz:
Just met the teachers in Mayfield [Cork] who are on strike for equal pay.
Donegal Democrat tweetz:
11 schools closed in Donegal as teachers go on strike. Pictured are teachers from Colaiste Cholmcille, Ballyshannon.
This morning.
Teachers (and members of the Association of Secondary Teachers union) from St Kevin’s College in Glasnevin protest outside the school against reform of the Junior Cycle.
Almost 30,000 teachers are holding a strike today affecting 350,000 secondary school students.
From left: Edele McCredden, Rachel McKenna, Fiona Murphy, Mark Shaw and Elaine Keane.
(Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland)
Meanwhile…
Teachers Jill Cunningham (left) and Joan Rual outside Loretto College, Stephen’s Green, Dublin this morning.
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
Secondary school teachers are to hold a one-day strike on Tuesday 2 December in protest over proposed changes to the Junior Cycle
— RTÉ News (@rtenews) November 14, 2014
Secondary school teachers have agreed on a one day strike on December 2nd with a second date in January over reforms to Junior Cert
— Today FM News (@TodayFMNews) November 14, 2014
Teachers to strike on 2 December over Junior Cycle changes (RTÉ)
UPDATE:
Via Páraic Gallagher