The Labour Court has recommended that the Department of Education should pay compensation of €3000 each to five IFUT members who were redeployed to various higher education institutions when the College closed in August 2007.
The award follows complaints by IFUT that the Department mishandled the closure very badly. IFUT sought compensation for losses of [...]
IFUT has expressed dismay at the range and extent of cutbacks affecting education in Budget 2008.
The Minister for Education, Mr Batt O’Keefe, TD, has displayed a lack of understanding and failed to impress on the Minister for Finance the importance of adequately funding education to promote economic and social development, IFUT General Secretary, Mike Jennings [...]
IFUT has “with reluctance” recommended a “Yes” vote by its members to the new national pay agreement. A meeting of the organisation’s Executive in Dublin on Saturday (4 October) voted in favour of the deal, in view of the importance of providing certainty for education and students as well as the broader economy in the [...]