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A picket was held at the entrance to the Education Authority on the Hospital Road on Thursday last, attended by NIPSA members and local politicians. MC 5
Education welfare officers strike for pay parity
Posted: 12:39 pm May 28, 2021
By Conor Coyle
Welfare officers employed by the Education Authority in the West took to the streets on Thursday in protest at a lack of pay parity with other social workers.
The workers claim they are paid £5,000 less than other social workers in the North, with vital welfare services now unavailable at many schools as vacant positions remain unfilled.
Dozens of workers from Omagh, Enniskillen and Strabane gathered outside the EANI headquarters in Omagh joined the protest, demanding urgent negotiations with management.