IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones launches the “Case for Publicly Funded Higher Education” document at Leinster House as chair of the @irishcongress Group of Further and Higher Education Unions. Thanks to Senator @LauraHarmon01 for the invite! #HigherEducation #IFUT

⚖️ Labour Court rejects DPER veto on local bargaining in higher education. Time to get on with tackling precarious employment 📚 Read the full article: ifut.ie/content/labour-court… #IFUT #HigherEducation #LocalBargaining

🗳️ Meet Prof Patrick Paul Walsh, IFUT’s candidate for the Seanad by-election (Cultural & Educational Panel). 📚 UCD Professor 🌍 Ex-UN SDSN VP Education ⚖️ Evidence-based policy voice Full profile: ifut.ie/content/patrick-paul… #IFUT #SeanadByElection #HigherEducation

Tomorrow, we strike ✊ Reminder: industrial action goes ahead tomorrow. Check with your branch for picket details and bring a colleague. Solidarity 📣 #PublicSectorPay #IFUT #HigherEducation

The strike is going ahead. ✊ Watch IFUT General Secretary Frank Jones address members ahead of Wednesday’s 24-hour full withdrawal of labour. Further action on 21 Oct if unresolved. Stay in touch with your branch. 💪 #IFUT #PublicSectorPay #HigherEducation

12 noon on Monday. One hour. One message. 🕛 IFUT members are stopping work for one hour on World Teachers' Day. Fair pay for those who teach the nation. Government: negotiate. #IFUT #WorldTeachersDay #PublicServicePay

"Staff at 10 col­leges are set to take the first strike action in the form of a one ­hour stop­page between noon and 1pm on Monday. The third-level insti­tu­tions affected are Dub­lin City Uni­versity, Trin­ity Col­lege Dub­lin, Uni­versity Col­lege Dub­lin, Uni­versity Col­lege Cork, Maynooth Uni­versity, the Uni­versity of Gal­way, Mary Immacu­late Col­lege, Edu­ca­tional Research Centre, Royal Irish Academy, and Dub­lin Insti­tute for Advanced Stud­ies. The one-hour stop­page comes on the same day teach­ers are due to join a co-ordin­ated work-to-rule with up to 180,000 pub­lic ser­vants." #IFUT #PublicSectorPay #WorldTeachersDay pressreader.com/ireland/iris…

Don't let somebody else make the decision for you. 🗳️ IFUT's Public Service Dispute Hub is where you'll find it all — the background to the dispute, answers to your questions, and your ballot vote — in one place. Vote now or retrieve your voting code 👉 ifut.ie/content/ifut-public-… ⏰ Vote closes 12pm Tue 22 Sept #IFUT #YourVoteMatters #PublicServicePay #UnionStrong

🗳️ IFUT will begin balloting all eligible public-sector members on Tuesday, 1 September, for industrial action, up to and including strike action. The ballot will remain open until Tuesday, 22 September. ✉️ What members should do now: ☑️ Check your email over the coming days for full ballot details.  ☑️ Make sure IFUT has your correct personal contact information by using the member details update form - 🔗 members.ifut.ie/User-Login?r… ☑️ Vote promptly once the ballot opens. ☑️ Speak to non-union colleagues and encourage them to join immediately.  ✊ Not yet a member? Join IFUT now - 🔗 members.ifut.ie/Membership-A… Together, organised and participating, we strengthen our collective position and our ability to secure a fair successor public-service agreement. #NationalBallot2026 #HigherEd #PublicServiceAgreement #PublicSectorPay