Givan welcomes Unions’ agreement to EA Pay and Grading Review

Welcoming the Unions’ acceptance of the agreement the Minister said:

“I am pleased to be able to confirm that all the education support staff unions have accepted the proposed agreement to resolve this long running pay and grading dispute.”

The support staff unions, GMB, NIPSA, UNISON and Unite the Union have all agreed to accept the settlement terms following individual consultations over the summer months.

The Minister continued: 

“The resolution of this dispute will provide relief to our school support staff who will appreciate the benefits of this significant investment in pay. They deserve to be paid appropriately for the extremely important work they do, and the restructured pay scales will also improve the recruitment and retention of staff in the future. I welcome that all forms of industrial action have now ceased.”