Education Authority (UNITE) Strike Calendar

Unite the union has today notified the Education Authority of a further 24-hour strike by school support staff commencing at 00.01am on Friday 1 December. The strike action follows two days of industrial action last week and is timed to coincide with a strike by public transport workers on bus and rail services.

The industrial action follows a ballot of Unite members which returned a 94 per cent majority for strikes in pursuit of a pay and grading review to help address the chronic issue of low pay among education support staff.

Unite has previously revealed that a business case for a pay and grading review of low-paid support staff was submitted by the Education Authority to the Department of Education on February 6 with revised versions sent in on March 28, June 15 and September 18. Despite these submissions, the Department of Education has yet to request the required additional funding for the cost of the review from the Department for Finance.