School caretakers to strike for first time in row over pay, conditions

Fórsa’s head of education,, said the failure on the part of the department to make the expected proposals to fully standardise pay and conditions for school secretaries and caretakers “had left them bitterly disappointed as they start another school year of pay discrimination”.

Mr Pike said: “The offer was effectively a repackaging of a previous proposal and served only to emphasise a concerted and determined opposition to the standardisation of pay and other working conditions like leave and occupational pension provision. “The Department of Education effectively closed down discussion on any meaningful regularisation with an offer that fails spectacularly to meet the commitment made by the Tánaiste in the Dáil last October. Caretakers and school secretaries have again been let down by their employers and by the Government.”

Mr Pike said the employer’s offer would still leave the majority earning about €12,000 a year less than their directly-employed colleagues. Aside from pay, the proposals contained no movement on standardisation of leave, sick leave and other conditions of service. They also failed to address access to an occupational pension scheme in a similar way to directly-employed staff.

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