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Primary teachers are causing unnecessary disruption and should return to the negotiating table instead of striking next month, according to a clearly frustrated Public Service Commissioner Sir Brian Roche, who is leading the negotiations.
About 40-thousand primary school teachers, principals, and support staff will walk off the job on the 23rd of October.
It will be the first time ever those groups have taken strike action together.
Meanwhile, secondary teachers are today on their fourth day of rolling strikes this week. Kathryn speaks with the primary teachers' union, and Sir Brian, who is also overseeing a major reshaping of the public service, that could lead to some ministries merged or absorbed into others.
