"This Is A Statement ..." Kinsale Strike Report

cork | workplace | individual opinion Tuesday November 24, 2009 17:10 by Cathal - Cork WSM

In Kinsale the Further Education College (FEC) and the secondary school were picketed for several hours this morning. I was unpleasantly surprised to find out that the social welfare office is privatised and so was running as normal today.

'This Is A Statement....'

In the FEC the principal told me how curricular choice has been limited and the student-teacher ratio has risen due to the cutbacks. He also said “there is a view taken in government that it is okay to attack public service pay - the pay and conditions of teachers in particular... This is a statement by the workers that this is completely and totally unacceptable to us”