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Classroom Assistamts denied democracy

category armagh | worker & community struggles and protests | news report author Saturday December 01, 2007 17:44author by , Report this post to the editors

Are the ballots rigged?

Having fought their way through weeks of attacks by their employers/Sinn Fein/DUP, Classroom Assistants yesterday faced another barrier to a just settlement of the ongoing job evaluation dispute. Employers linked up with UNISON and GMB to outvote NIPSA and T&G and to force a rotten deal through the Joint Negotiating Council for education.

Education Boss Caitroina Ruane made repeated calls for NIPSA Classroom Assistants to hold a ballot on the rotten deal but when Classroom Assistants offered to do so they where denied the opportunity to hold a ballot and the unjust settlement was forced through instead. The other unions, UNISON and GMB have insisted that the majority of Classroom Assistants have voted for the offer but have not released any accurate figures for their ballots.

Angry Classroom Assistants have called for a public inquiry into the ballot procedure and are demanding that the membership figures for each union are released.

The ICTU intervened in the dispute to broker an inter-union agreement which would have tied Classroom Assistants hand and foot. This extraordinary and historic document is attached.

PDF Document Who would accept this? 0.75 Mb


 #   Title   Author   Date 
   Miners and the UDM/Classroom Assistants and ICTU     Erin go Bragh    Sat Dec 01, 2007 23:01 
   GMB press statement     press office    Sun Dec 02, 2007 15:40 
   to GMB     solidarity seeker    Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:18 
   Mr Press Officer?     CA    Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:22 
   SDLP SAY     CA    Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:28 
   A little more Carification     Rogue    Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:48 
   Sell-out of the Century?     Erin go Bragh    Mon Dec 03, 2007 16:56 
   GMB scam     Jimmy Hoffa    Mon Dec 03, 2007 21:19 
   Gmb Belfast Board     Kath    Wed Dec 05, 2007 14:00 
 10   Fair play to the sdlp     Mary B.    Wed Dec 05, 2007 15:01 
 11   Cheers Mr Coy     Solidarity Seeker    Fri Apr 18, 2008 14:11 


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