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Talks continue over school strike | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
Talks between the two sides in the Movilla High school dispute have resumed at the Labour Relations Agency. | |
Some of the school's teachers have been striking since Monday. | Some of the school's teachers have been striking since Monday. |
They have been in dispute over their pay being docked after they refused to teach a pupil at the Newtownards school they claim assaulted one of them. | |
Speaking ahead of the latest round of talks with the South Eastern Board, the NAS/UWT union said it was hopeful of getting a settlement on Friday. | |
Negotiations on Thursday lasted for nine hours but broke up without agreement. | |
The SEELB supported the school's governors' decision not to expel the pupil, which consequently led to the strike action. |