Staff at the University of Galway will stop work from 12 noon to 1.00 p.m. on Monday, 5 October, as members of IFUT take industrial action over public service pay and working conditions.
Members will withdraw their labour for the hour and come together on campus to discuss the dispute and demonstrate their support for the action.
The action follows a ballot in which 93% of Irish Federation of University Teachers members who voted supported industrial action.
IFUT says Government has failed to produce a credible pay proposition capable of protecting public service workers’ living standards.
Robert McNamara, IFUT Assistant General Secretary, said, “Members at the University of Galway will stop work for one hour and stand together publicly on campus.”
“They are doing so because Government has failed to produce a credible pay proposition and because staff cannot continually be expected to absorb a decline in their living standards.”
“This is deliberately limited action, but there should be no misunderstanding about the strength of feeling behind it. Government can resolve this dispute by engaging seriously.”
Alastair McKinstry of the University of Galway Branch of IFUT said, “Staff at the University of Galway care deeply about the university and about our students.
“But a sustainable university cannot be built on excessive workloads, insecure employment and the continued reliance on staff goodwill. On World Teachers’ Day, we are asking Government to recognise that valuing education means valuing the people who deliver it.”
IFUT has also notified 24-hour strike action on 14 and 21 October in the absence of a settlement.
