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Tue 04 Apr 2001Firm resolution needed to find silver lining
For all the bitter arguments generated by the ASTI pay dispute, there is one thing at least on which everyone can agree. The campaign has been a disaster. For those who were gung-ho for 30 per cent or nothing, the disaster lies in the rather pitiful facesaving formula that is to be put to ballot. For those who always thought that the tactics being used were bound to fail, there can be no pleasure in seeing a vital profession so alienated, embittered and, at times, bewildered.
Almost a full school year of disruption has produced no genuine gains. The deal brokered by the Labour Court is, to adapt Seamus Mallon, benchmarking for slow learners.
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