New pay, pensions deal for school workers by next academic year – Fórsa
A new deal on pay, conditions and pensions for school secretaries and caretakers may be in place by the start of the next academic year, the Fórsa trade unionâs education conference has been told. However, the conference also heard that a row may be brewing over grading of staff in the education and training board (ETB ) sector. The head of the unionâs education division, Andy Pike, said some school secretaries had been campaigning for up to 20 years for an end to the existing two-tier system under which some were directly employed by and paid by the Department of Education, a...