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Sinn Fein Minister to cut pay of classroom assistants

category national | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Friday June 22, 2007 00:50author by Jolly Red Giant - Scoialist Party/CWI Report this post to the editors

Classroom assistants across Northern Ireland are preparing for industrial action to defend their pay.

Their employers, the Education and Library Boards acting under the direction of Education Minister Catriona Ruane, are proposing to cut their pay by as much as 79p an hour. The insulting move comes at the end of years of negotiation by the main trade unions representing Classroom Assistants, NIPSA and UNISON.

Unfortunately the negotiating process has delivered nothing. In fact it would be fair to say that over the last few years the position of the Classroom Assistants has become a lot worse. The issue has reached the point where Classroom Assistants have no other choice than to fight.

To force the employers to return to the table with a serious offer the unions must make it clear that they intend taking serious action; a one-day strike would have no effect. What is required is extended action that gives the employers no way out. A properly organised strike will have serious repercussions in almost every school in Northern Ireland.

With up to 7,000 Assistants involved, schools would close for weeks. This action can force the employers to make a real offer and engage in meaningful negotiations. The summer months give a window of opportunity to prepare for a major strike by putting an effective organisation in place, linking unions, developing strike committees and strengthening the leadership of the union.

 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Lucky Us     jonny brady    Fri Jun 22, 2007 01:17 
   Sinn Fein bash begins     Jonah    Fri Jun 22, 2007 12:10 
   Correction...     Jolly Red Giant    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:18 
   Not Bashing Just Telling it as it is.     M    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:31 
   Pathetic Rhetoric     Brian Booth    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:33 
   Assembly     Classroom    Fri Jun 22, 2007 13:34 
   education cuts     patrique    Wed Jun 27, 2007 21:30 
   Have to disagree with you patrique...     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jun 28, 2007 10:03 
   ruane     patrique    Thu Jun 28, 2007 22:13 
 10   Sad But True     Hugh Leonard Thompson Murphy    Sat Jun 30, 2007 12:49 
 11   All industrial disputes...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jun 30, 2007 13:12 
 12   Thanks Jolly Red Giant...     Bored    Sat Jun 30, 2007 17:44 
 13   Ruane supports...     Jolly Red Giant    Mon Jul 02, 2007 00:59 
 14   Sickening evil of Caitriona Ruane continues     Sweetcorn    Mon Jul 02, 2007 01:16 
 15   Update on Calssroom Assistants campaign.     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 05, 2007 21:58 
 16   Jolly Green Janus     Geordie'The Truth' Washington    Sat Jul 07, 2007 14:07 
 17   You poor thing     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 07, 2007 19:47 
 18   Socialists and Wages     Dub    Sat Jul 07, 2007 21:50 
 19   Ruane is Wrong     Dub    Sat Jul 07, 2007 21:57 
 20   Confusion And Delusion     Geordie'The Truth'Washington    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:24 
 21   re eoghan harris     knockadooma    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:33 
 22   'The Truth'Tells It Like It Is     Felix    Sat Jul 14, 2007 13:41 
 23   Republicans worried..     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 14, 2007 20:07 
 24   Defending Union Democracy     Irene Buxton    Sat Jul 14, 2007 21:23 
 25   SF Press Release     .    Sun Jul 15, 2007 11:54 
 26   Equal pay for equal value     Eileen    Thu Jul 19, 2007 19:11 
 27   Ironic...     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 19, 2007 20:01 
 28   Clarification for Eileen     Irene Buxton    Fri Jul 20, 2007 13:37 
 29   United Ireland?... you can't even get a United Sinn Féin!     Wag    Fri Jul 20, 2007 14:06 
 30   careerist chancers     stroppy    Fri Jul 20, 2007 22:37 
 31   Really...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 01:25 
 32   Interestingly...     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 01:30 
 33   really indeed     stroppy    Sat Jul 21, 2007 13:36 
 34   stroppy     Jolly Red Giant    Sat Jul 21, 2007 15:49 
 35   not so jolly giant     stroppy    Sat Jul 21, 2007 19:19 
 36   Unbelieveable!     Leane    Sat Jul 21, 2007 20:57 
 37   "Stroppy" does not want answers     Irene Buxton    Sun Jul 22, 2007 12:47 
 38   Bigots     Carrie Anne    Mon Jul 23, 2007 19:49 
 39   The depths to which bureaucrats will sink     Mark P    Mon Jul 23, 2007 21:41 
 40   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Mon Jul 23, 2007 23:49 
 41   More time wasted     Mark P    Tue Jul 24, 2007 01:20 
 42   worse than the tories     Jacqui L    Tue Jul 24, 2007 19:25 
 43   People not caricatures     Eileen    Tue Jul 24, 2007 19:47 
 44   Eileen and Jacqui     Irene Buxton    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:01 
 45   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:08 
 46   bitter and twisted     Irene Buxton    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:27 
 47   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Tue Jul 24, 2007 21:47 
 48   Something a little familiar     Mark P    Wed Jul 25, 2007 02:40 
 49   nonsense     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 00:52 
 50   time for the truth     John    Thu Jul 26, 2007 18:37 
 51   Back In The Real World.......     Geordie 'The Truth' Washington    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:23 
 52   Madness     Pravda    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:31 
 53   Geordie hates democracy     Pravda    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:38 
 54   John (PCS) & his Sinn Fein friends.     Irene Buxton    Thu Jul 26, 2007 19:47 
 55   A reply to John (PCS)     Jolly Red Giant    Thu Jul 26, 2007 20:18 
 56   wages     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 20:53 
 57   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Thu Jul 26, 2007 22:11 
 58   amazed     patrique    Thu Jul 26, 2007 23:37 
 59   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Thu Jul 26, 2007 23:53 
 60   will the Socialist Party ever answer a question?     stroppy    Fri Jul 27, 2007 00:09 
 61   Dialogue with the Deaf     Irene Buxton    Fri Jul 27, 2007 16:07 
 62   Answer to your Question     Una Simpson    Fri Jul 27, 2007 16:40 
 63   the SP actually answer one question!!!!!!!!!!!     stroppy    Fri Jul 27, 2007 19:56 
 64   Invitation For Slow Learners     Geordie'the Truth'Washington    Sat Jul 28, 2007 12:12 
 65   14.5%     Anita    Sat Jul 28, 2007 13:51 
 66   lost     patrique    Sun Jul 29, 2007 02:23 
 67   even the walls have ears     patrique    Sun Jul 29, 2007 02:31 
 68   Concerned Trade Unionist     Benni ( with an I )    Thu Aug 02, 2007 16:30 
 69   Oh Dear     Scrabble Tower    Sat Aug 04, 2007 00:30 


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