AN ENNISKILLEN teacher has said it was no surprise to see headteachers join in with their workforce in going out on strike last week. Schools across Fermanagh and the North were closed last week with pickets spending the bulk of the morning protesting outside their respective schools before heading off to a major rally at […]
Headteachers out on strike for first time in 125 years
A HEADTEACHER from Enniskillen has insisted that principals have gone on strike in order to support teachers who are poorly paid and are weighed down by red tape. Jackie Bartley, who is the Principal at St Genevieve’s High School in Andersonstown, Belfast, said the National Association of Headteachers had staged the one-day walkout today in […]
Fermanagh union rep slams ‘pay as you go’ education
AN ENNISKILLEN teacher has slammed the Government for bringing in ‘pay as you go’ education ahead of a day of strike action later this month. On April 26, schools across Fermanagh and the North will be shut for the whole day as teachers will be taking to the picket line to demand improved pay and […]
Teachers left with no other option but to go on strike
“WE don’t want to be out on strike, but we have to,” was the message from the picket line outside Holy Trinity Primary School. The Enniskillen-based school was one of many in Fermanagh whose teachers came out on a half-day strike, yesterday, in protest against low pay and increased workloads. Unions state that salaries have […]
Principal backs striking teachers
PARENTS are facing disruption next Tuesday as Fermanagh’s teachers are set to walk out on strike. The Herald understands that the vast majority of Fermanagh-based schools will be observing the industrial action next week that will last half-a-day. Parents have been informed that schools will not be open to their children on the morning of […]