Brid Smith speaking on Sean O Rourke RTE 1, on the ASTI dispute
Radio recording from Feb 3, Radio 1. Brid defends ASTI and their committment to equality.
Tag: ASTI
Bríd Smith TD defends ASTI strike in the Dáil today
Bríd challenges the Taoiseach to support the principle of equality – equal pay for equal work – a key demand of the ASTI dispute
Bríd defends ASTI as Gaeilge
Brid interviewed by TG4, an Nuacht, Nov 1, defends the striking ASTI teachers
TDs call for support for striking ASTI
Press Release:
“Government and media fear genuine trade unionism in the public sector” says Bríd Smith.
The onslaught of media attacks on the ASTI is being driven by a “fear of real trade unionism taking hold in the public sector” according to a group of TDs who today called for support for the ASTI campaign for equal pay for equal work.
The propaganda reached new extremes in this weekend’s Sunday Business Post where the ASTI was presented as a dysfunctional, outdated organisation run by inexperienced people.
TD slams Department of Education “Bully boy tactics” in teacher dispute
Deputy Brid Smith has called on the Department of Education to withdraw threats it has issued to teachers in the ASTI.Teachers are been told they must sign up and agree to substitution and supervisor duties by tomorrow or face been taken off the payroll.Brid Smith said today: “this is the worst example of bully boy tactics and intimidation I have seen in a dispute in years. If any employer in the private sector behaved like this it would be outrageous, but the fact that this is the Government makes it even more so.”
Tax the rich – Pay the workers!
A selection of clips from ‘The Week in Politics’ on RTE yesterday: Bríd spoke on Budget 2017, ASTI, public sector worker demands, Sinn Fein and the role of the Left in Irish politics. FG, FF and SF were also on the panel.