ASTI Begin Industrial Action
17-thousand secondary school teachers are starting industrial action today. Members of the ASTI won't attend meetings outside school hours or take on additional duties as part of its dispute over the public sector pay deal. The union says its members may also opt out of covering for absent colleagues and won't participate in training for the new Junior Cert. However, the ASTI has told its members they face explusion from the union if they don't take part. Click the play button above to hear Pat King, General Secretary of the ASTI explain how it's not a good idea not to be part of a union:
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