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ADEDY, the public sector confederation, has announced a 24-hour strike across the public sector on 17 January in support of actions taken by teachers. Teachers have already had two days of strikes in protest at government reforms to the appointment system that would discriminate against those with long service. The unions also want to see the creation of new permanent posts.
(24 January 2012) The European Education Committee ([ETUCE->http://etuce.homestead.com/ETUCE_en.html]) organized a special event on the impact of the austerity measures on the education sector and the alternatives the unions proposed. Education
Tuesday 21 April saw nationwide events and demonstrations in support of ver.di’s claim for improved pay for social workers and nursery teachers. The actions coincided with the start of the third round of negotiations to try to get the 220,000 workers moved up the public sector pay scale. The union also wants an agreement on workers’ health in the sector to try to deal with the impact of heavy workloads and stress. According to the union a full-time nursery teacher would only get €2000 a month after five years whereas the union wants to see a starting salary of €2330, rising to €3400. [Read
On behalf of 20 million public service workers EPSU and ETUCE (education) wrote to the Members of the European Parliament asking them to keep public services out of the agreement on the Transatlantic trade and investment partnership between the EU and the US.
