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Unite will make school support staff campaign for a pay and grading review an election issue

Unite leader Sharon Graham visits Northern Ireland school support workers’ picket lines and vows to escalate campaign for improved pay and equality Unite general secretary Sharon Graham committed her union to make an election issue of the campaign of school support workers to secure … Continue reading

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Northern Ireland school support workers begin strikes over pay and grading

Workers’ presence at Stormont to demand MLAs refuse to support any budget that does not deliver a pay and grading review  After six years of failure to implement the review and a staffing crisis, education workers have had enough Over … Continue reading

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Stormont budget failure risks strikes during school exam period

Unite calls on four education unions to stand and strike together for improved pay Unite officials and workforce reps have begun coordinating the union’s industrial response, due to the Stormont budget failing to provide anything for low paid education workers. … Continue reading

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Unite to coordinate on strikes after finance minister fails to deliver pay and grading review

School support staff in Unite prepare to recommence strike action Unite’s members in education have responded with disappointment and anger after being informed by the education minister that the Northern Ireland executive has adopted a budget that fails to provide … Continue reading

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Growing fears that Stormont financial package provides nothing to resolve pay dispute of low paid school support workers.

Unite warns that if there is nothing on the table for a pay and grading review, further strike action is a certainty. Unite the union has written to finance minister Caoimhe Archibald to clarify whether her £688 million public sector … Continue reading

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