Two teaching unions have voted to back the revised public sector pay deal. Primary-level union the National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) - the country’s largest teachers’ union - said 80% of its members voted to accept it, while 85% of the membership of the post-primary Teachers’ Union of Ireland (TUI) backed the deal. After intensive negotiations between the Government and unions, brokered by the Workplace Relations Commission, a staggered pay increase of 6.5% was recommended over the course of 18 months. The revised package will see a pay increase of 3% backdated to February 2, 2022; a further 2% from March 1, 2023; and an additional 1.5% or €750, whichever is the greater, from October 1, 2023.
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