Tag Archives: pay and grading
Unite the union workplace reps vote to call off strike action scheduled for tomorrow
Decision comes after ‘meaningful’ progress made in talks between the four education trade unions and the employer side Unite the union workplace reps met this afternoon and voted overwhelmingly to call off scheduled strike action tomorrow [Tuesday June 4] following … Continue reading
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
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
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
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









