A chara, – Pat King, the general secretary of the ASTI claims the proposals to come from the recent negotiations with the government were the "best" they "could produce" (Home News, November 13th).
From where I stand, that is in front of the class, their “best” is not good enough. Perhaps if Mr King and his co-negotiators had been in the classroom for the last few years they too might come to that realisation.
I only hope that teachers, who meet on Saturday as members of the ASTI central executive council, reject these proposals. Further, I trust they will send Mr King and his team back to the negotiating table with one simple instruction: negotiate on behalf of teachers and not the Government. – Yours, etc,
KRIZAN VEKIC,
ASTI member,
Glasmeen Road,
Dublin 11.