The Mayo, Sligo and Leitrim Education Training Board have issued a response to TUI members who will be taking strike action in September.
It emerged yesterday that union members would undertake industrial action following MSLETB's alleged breach of the teacher transfer agreement.
In a statement released this morning, MSLETB say that they have taken note of yesterday's statement from the TUI, and that they urge the union to participate in renewed talks to resolve the matter before September.
MSLETB say that the planned strikes will result in unneccessary disruption to students and educators.
MSLETB go on to deny the breaches of the agreement within the statement, and it is fully compliant with all sectoral and national agreements. They also say they consistently applied the agreement successfully to
several internal transfers.
MSLETB highlight that the TUI has a differing interpretation of one specific element of the agreement that impacts on one teacher, and that they have engaged consistently with TUI regularly on this issue.
The statement concluded by saying that priority for all must be the educational needs of students, and that all sides should work collaboratively to avoid the imminent disruption.
MSLETB say they will be making no further comment on the matter.
