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| Union in legal threat to Lewsley | Union in legal threat to Lewsley |
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| The union representing 25 teachers on strike at Movilla High School is seeking legal advice about comments made by the children's commissioner. | The union representing 25 teachers on strike at Movilla High School is seeking legal advice about comments made by the children's commissioner. |
| Commissioner Patricia Lewsley described the NASUWT action as an "abuse of children's rights". | Commissioner Patricia Lewsley described the NASUWT action as an "abuse of children's rights". |
| The dispute arose after teachers' pay was docked when they refused to teach a pupil they claim assaulted one of them. | The dispute arose after teachers' pay was docked when they refused to teach a pupil they claim assaulted one of them. |
| The NASUWT said they had instructed solicitors to seek advice on pursuing an official complaint. | The NASUWT said they had instructed solicitors to seek advice on pursuing an official complaint. |
| Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said Ms Lewsley had made "scurrilous and ill-informed allegations against the NASUWT". | Chris Keates, general secretary of the NASUWT, said Ms Lewsley had made "scurrilous and ill-informed allegations against the NASUWT". |
| "Her intervention has made an already difficult situation worse," she said. | |
| "We are now awaiting the advice of our legal representatives on the remedies available to us to challenge these allegations." | "We are now awaiting the advice of our legal representatives on the remedies available to us to challenge these allegations." |
| Talks to resolve the issue are not expected to resume until Wednesday. | Talks to resolve the issue are not expected to resume until Wednesday. |
| Mrs Lewsley said her offer to mediate had been turned down by the unions. | Mrs Lewsley said her offer to mediate had been turned down by the unions. |
| "They have been in negotiations and I think that there is the possibility of a resolution if they were prepared to sit down and talk about it," she said. | "They have been in negotiations and I think that there is the possibility of a resolution if they were prepared to sit down and talk about it," she said. |
| The South Eastern Education and Library Board said it deeply regretted that no resolution had been found to the dispute at the County Down school. | The South Eastern Education and Library Board said it deeply regretted that no resolution had been found to the dispute at the County Down school. |
| The teachers at the 540-pupil school in Newtownards have been striking since Monday, 13 October. | The teachers at the 540-pupil school in Newtownards have been striking since Monday, 13 October. |
| Talks at the Labour Relations Agency late last week failed to resolve the situation. | Talks at the Labour Relations Agency late last week failed to resolve the situation. |