800,000 pupils face disruption when teachers walk out [Independent.ie]
- Last Updated: Saturday, 14 November 2009 10:20
TEACHERS will be hit in the pocket to the tune of €10.3m after they voted in favour of industrial action.
A typical primary teacher, paid an average of €62,000 a year, will lose €170, before tax, for not working on November 24. For an average second-level teacher, on a slightly higher, salary of €67,000, the day's stoppage will mean a before-tax pay loss of €183.
Teachers yesterday voted almost 4 to 1 in favour of strike action as part of a wider public service protest on Tuesday week.
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