TUI staff at CIT set to mount protest

The demonstration is to highlight concerns over funding, staffing levels, work load and employment status.

Members of the TUI at Cork Institute of Technology will mount a protest today over the pressure being put on their services. 

The demonstration is to highlight concerns over funding, staffing levels, work load and employment status.

It is part of a national protest being held at institutes of technology across the country and will get underway at noon.

Members of the trade union claim that the sector has seen a 25% cut to funding over the last seven years. 

Lecturers and researchers are also set to be balloted by the TUI in the coming weeks on industrial action - up to and including strike action. 

Speaking to RedFM News, Shane O'Rourke from the Cork Branch of the TUI says they have had enough:

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