Sir, - I am a teacher at the top of my pay scale at £25,877. My wife is a nurse. She works much longer hours and her work is much more demanding mentally, physically and emotionally. She is at the top of her scale at £18,012.
Why have nurses accepted this for so long? Will they ever rate themselves as highly as teachers? How can the executives of their unions be so out of touch? Will this injustice ever be put right? - Yours, etc.,
Grange Road, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16.