Tag Archives: Education Authority
Education Authority workers in Unite set to commence first day of seven day strike action
Strike follows Secretary of State’s punitive budget that left Education Department unable to deliver pay & grading business case Unite the union members employed by the Education Authority are set to commence seven days of strike action tomorrow [15th June]. … Continue reading
Education Authority workers vote overwhelmingly to take strike action to demand implementation of a pay & grading review
Unite members working in the Education Authority vote 94% for strike action and 96% for action short of strike action Ballot follows Department of Education inability to fund pay & grading business case due to punitive budget set by Secretary of … Continue reading
Workers at Derry City & Strabane District Council to launch four-week strike action after they reject latest, inadequate pay offer
Council management has been notified of a four-week strike commencing 18th July and ending 14th August Latest pay offer provided no additional consolidated pay increase, leaving workers unprotected from surging inflation Unite has notified bosses at Derry City & Strabane … Continue reading
NI Local Authorities: stop misleading the public and use your powers to provide real pay improvement
As Unite members in councils, education and housing across Northern Ireland continue strike action, the union has hit out at the misinformation from the employers. The workers are on strike in pursuit of a pay increase to recover earnings lost … Continue reading
Education Authority challenged by Unite to end ‘poverty pay’ as strike action recommences
As education workers return to picket-lines this morning, Unite the union called on the Education Authority to engage in talks to end poverty pay in Northern Ireland’s school services. The union emphasized that, despite Education Authority’s claims its hands are … Continue reading









