Over 2,500 classroom assistants on temp contracts after four years, say union

Over 2,500 classroom assistants on temp contracts after four years, say union

Unite say over two thirds of classroom assistants in schools are on "precarious" temporary contracts without school holiday pay

Department of education statistics reveal nearly 15,000 low-paid education support workers on precarious temporary contracts

Sharon Graham meets striking school support workers More than 2,500 general and special needs classroom assistants are not moving to permanent contracts despite more than four years of service Unite has called on education minister Paul Given to intervene to end precarious ‘temporary’ working among school support workers. The union has made public (here) figures supplied to trade unions by the Education Authority which has revealed widespread re…