EDUCATION PAY AND GRADING REVIEW WILL BE AN ELECTION ISSUE
UNISON’s Northern Ireland wide Industrial Action committee has pledged to continue its extensive action short of strike throughout the month of June.
Plans are also in place to make settlement of our pay and grading dispute an issue in the forthcoming July 4th election.
All Northern Ireland parties will be contesting seats in the Westminster parliament. Their candidates’ declared intention to convince voters they will represent the interests of people in Northern Ireland must be challenged. We are issuing that challenge to them.
Those elected must ensure 100% support is given to the efforts of the Stormont Executive and its ministers to secure and release funding to settle this dispute.
Education workers are not prepared to be strung along throughout the summer period on the basis of promises not delivered.
UNISON will put clear plans in place to escalate industrial action as schools return.
Let there be no doubt this could be an autumn of widespread discontent.