The president of the Teachers' Union of Ireland has warned that the union will be holding a countrywide lunchtime protest later this month over the disputed Junior Cycle reforms.
Both the TUI and the Association of Secondary Teachers, Ireland will be taking part in the protest.
Addressing the TUI's annual conference in Wexford, Gerry Quinn also confirmed that it will be picketing centres where Junior Cycle curriculum training is being held.
He described the workload for TUI members in second level, adult and further education and third level as "dangerously unsustainable".
Mr Quinn also noted that TUI workload surveys at both second and third level had revealed worrying developments regarding excessive workload, stress and time pressure on teachers and lecturers.
He described the mix of education cuts, casualisation, unequal pay, bureaucratisation, challenging student behaviour, flexible hours and problematic social changes as a "lethal cocktail", adding that the profession is in crisis.
He said it was essential that the TUI should continue to cooperate with the ASTI on the Junior Cycle issue, and also on dealing with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, to ensure that imminent talks on pay would be about pay restoration particularly for those worst-affected by the pay cuts.
The TUI this afternoon passed a motion supporting strike action if future public service pay agreements do not support the principle of equal pay for equal work.
The motion calls for an end to pay discrimination against members appointed from January 2011 and February 2012, who were recruited on lower pay and conditions.
One delegate told the conference that the motion involving strike action would strengthen the union's negotiating position.
Another said the union had let their members down by accepting the lower conditions for new entrants in the Croke Park Agreement, albeit in a time of crisis, adding that now was the time to fix it.
Another delegate said new members should not be treated like yellow-pack members.
The conference also passed a motion confirming that any future negotiations on pay restoration should not be linked to discussions on conditions of service or productivity.
Delegates also passed motions calling for the removal of the public service pension levy to be prioritised, and backing a campaign for the abolition of the USC.
Meanwhile, Minister for Education Jan O'Sullivan this morning addressed the INTO conference in Ennis, Co Clare.
Normally the minister would address the ASTI conference this evening.
However, tensions over Junior Cycle reform mean no invitation was issued this year.
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