[…]Monday, at Stephen’s Green. The national demonstration, which is expected to draw over 5,000 students from across Ireland, will take place on the 19th October. USI are urging students from across the country to contact their local students’ unions if they want to join the demonstration. At the demonstration, USI will call on the Irish government and the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills to make a historic long-term decision and invest in the publicly-funded third level education model as outlined in the Cassells report. USI said that an income-contingent loan scheme is not a viable solution to […]
[…]working. The USI has made several submissions to the Low Pay Commission – the latest in March 2020 – outlining its argument that the Living Wage is the gross pay necessary to provide a minimum adequate income. The calculation of the Living Wage is evidence based, built on budget standards research and grounded in social consensus. The USI believes that the Living Wage would prevent exploitation, ensure minimum standards in terms of compensation and prevent race-to-the-bottom wage competition, while also protecting students and other vulnerable groups, including migrants. As the Irish Living Wage campaign (www.livingwage.ie) outlines: “Earnings below the living […]
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[…]act fast with long term solutions to ease the Teacher supply crisis. The government needs to strongly consider reinstating the Gaeltacht grant which was erased in 2012, and would have an even wider positive affect for student teachers entering and progressing through the education system across demographics” For further comment, please contact USI Communications and Public Relations Manager: Aoife Duff: […]