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Education Minister welcomes suspension of school support worker strike

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The Nipsa and GMB unions had agreed to suspend action on both days to allow further discussions.

Thousands of non-teaching support staff had been due to strike on Monday and Tuesday in a dispute with employers over pay and grading.

Nipsa deputy general secretary Patrick Mulholland said a “short window of opportunity” was in place to find a resolution.Education Minister Paul Givan welcomed the move after “further positive and constructive engagement” on Monday. Speaking in the Northern Ireland Assembly earlier, Mr Givan said he engaged with the unions last week, progress was made over the weekend and they met again on Monday morning.

“There was a concern that we wouldn’t be able to have those exams go forward for everybody, and I think everyone in this house would agree that for those young people who have worked so hard not to have the opportunity to sit those exams would have been something that was unacceptable,” he said.

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