Primary teachers' strike on November 6 to go ahead after unions change tack

A strike by primary school teachers on November 6 appears to be back on after unions reversed their decision to call it off. The largest union in the sector, the AOb, withdrew its support for the strike on Friday after the cabinet agreed a €460 mln funding package with unions to close the pay gap between primary and secondary teachers over two years and relieve their workload. However, teachers’ group PO in Actie, which organised mass protests earlier in the...