Term-time staff set to win full-time deal

James Tweed
Wednesday, January 3, 2001

Term-time school support staff in Northern Ireland look set to accept proposals put forward by the Province's five Education and Library Boards which will give them full-time contracts and benefits. Acceptance of the draft proposals tabled by Board management on 20 December, the day before the end of term, would bring the long-running 16-month dispute to an end. NIPSA, the trade union representing the 5,000 classroom assistants, secretaries and technicians affected, gave the proposals a very warm welcome and said it had now put plans for strike action 'on hold' while it sought clarification of some points.