Democratic Unionist Party
DUP education spokesperson Diane Dodds MLA says school support staff deserve a fair, timely pay award ahead of a strike on 16 November. She blames chronic underfunding and the Treasury funding model and calls on the UK Government to act urgently.
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Sinn Féin MLA Cathy Mason urges the DUP to return to the Executive so teachers and school staff can receive fair pay amid the cost of living crisis. She criticises the education minister's suggestion that pay could be docked for industrial action.
Economy and employment Education Issue: Education minister's suggestion of pay deductions for teacher industrial action Original release: Teachers deserve fair pay- Mason (opens in a new tab)
Alliance MLA Nick Mathison criticises the lack of a sitting Education Minister to negotiate with non-teaching school staff before their full strike on 16 November. He calls for fair pay for these workers and says he has raised pay and minimal disruption for pupils with special educational needs…
Education Economy and employment Issue: School support staff strike over pay on 16 November 2023 Original release: Disappointing no Education Minister to engage with non-teaching staff ahead of strikes, says Mathison (opens in a new tab)
Alliance Education spokesperson Connie Egan MLA says teachers' full-day strike over pay should prompt the DUP to end its boycott of Stormont and restore the Executive and an Education Minister. She says teachers are undervalued and underpaid and calls for a negotiated pay solution.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Five teaching unions strike over pay in Northern Ireland Original release: Teacher strike action should be a catalyst for the DUP to get back to work, says Egan (opens in a new tab)
Sinn Féin MLA Pat Sheehan expresses solidarity with striking educational support staff seeking fair pay, and blames British government underfunding of public services for preventing the pay they deserve. He calls for an end to underfunding and commends the finance minister for pressing the Treasury.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Educational support staff strike over pay Original release: Sheehan expresses solidarity with striking education staff (opens in a new tab)
Alliance education spokesperson Connie Egan says the National Education Union joining strikes on 21 February signals a state of emergency in education. She calls for a negotiated pay solution for teachers and urges the DUP to end the deadlock and return to Stormont to appoint an Education Minister.
Education Economy and employment Issue: Teachers' half-day strike on 21 February 2023 Original release: Our education system is in a state of emergency, says Egan (opens in a new tab)
SDLP Leader Colum Eastwood MP urges Secretary of State Chris Heaton Harris to intervene urgently and deliver the agreed pay awards for nurses, teachers and other public sector staff before a scheduled generalised strike next Thursday.
Economy and employment Issue: Planned public sector strike next Thursday Original release: Eastwood calls on Secretary of State to intervene ahead of strike (opens in a new tab)