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| Bus drivers will deliver children | Bus drivers will deliver children |
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| Bus drivers have said they will deliver children to the Glenveagh Special school in south Belfast on Friday. | Bus drivers have said they will deliver children to the Glenveagh Special school in south Belfast on Friday. |
| Children had to go home on Thursday when drivers refused to cross a picket line of striking classroom assistants. | Children had to go home on Thursday when drivers refused to cross a picket line of striking classroom assistants. |
| Drivers said they have been assured leaving the children at the front door will not breach the picket line. | Drivers said they have been assured leaving the children at the front door will not breach the picket line. |
| The chief executive of the Belfast Education and Library Board said it was highly regrettable that children did not get to school. | The chief executive of the Belfast Education and Library Board said it was highly regrettable that children did not get to school. |
| More than a dozen buses turned back after drivers refused to cross a line of Nipsa classroom assistants. | More than a dozen buses turned back after drivers refused to cross a line of Nipsa classroom assistants. |
| It was reported that drivers were told teachers would take the children beyond the picket line but that was later considered unsafe, so the children were sent home. | It was reported that drivers were told teachers would take the children beyond the picket line but that was later considered unsafe, so the children were sent home. |
| Parents complained that their children were upset. | Parents complained that their children were upset. |
| The school has been closed during strike action even though its staff are not on strike. But the school shares an entrance with two other schools which are affected by the Nipsa action. | The school has been closed during strike action even though its staff are not on strike. But the school shares an entrance with two other schools which are affected by the Nipsa action. |
| Three thousand members of Nipsa are staging an indefinite strike over job re-grading. | Three thousand members of Nipsa are staging an indefinite strike over job re-grading. |
| The Labour Relations Agency is set to arbitrate in the dispute. |