Donegal secretaries in the Forsa union will be taking strike action later this month in their campaign for fair pay and working conditions.
The secretaries in dispute will begin their industrial action on Friday, September 20th. They will take part in a series of short work stoppages at the start of the school day before commencing a work to rule.
The union balloted its members over the summer after education department officials refused to discuss proposals to overcome a two-tier pay system. The system leaves some secretaries who are paid by school boards of management earning salaries as low as €12,500 a year.
Fórsa has mounted a campaign for pay justice for school secretaries, some of whom are forced to sign on during the summer holidays and other school breaks due to the irregular, short-term contracts.
Fórsa announced today that 94% of the 630 balloted school secretaries backed the plans for industrial action.