Classroom assistants pay offer for school support workers

1 release from 1 party, 25 June 2024.

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1. Classroom Assistants deal falls woefully short

   • TUV
   • 25 June 2024
   • Criticism
   • Criticises another northern ireland political party or its representatives

   TUV candidate Lorna Smyth says a DUP-backed pay offer for school support workers excludes most classroom assistants, since it only applies to those working 30+ hours a week. She disputes the Education Minister's estimate of 20,000 beneficiaries and notes the offer covers only this year.

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• Sinn Féin: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• UUP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• SDLP: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
• Green Party: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website.
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• Aontú: no matching statement found on the party’s monitored website – coverage for this period is incomplete (partly recovered), so a statement may have been missed.

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