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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.

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Comments (11 of 11)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Miners and the UDM/Classroom Assistants and ICTU	Erin go Bragh	Sat Dec 01, 2007 23:01
2	GMB press statement	press office	Sun Dec 02, 2007 15:40
3	to GMB	solidarity seeker	Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:18
4	Mr Press Officer?	CA	Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:22
5	SDLP SAY	CA	Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:28
6	A little more Carification	Rogue	Sun Dec 02, 2007 23:48
7	Sell-out of the Century?	Erin go Bragh	Mon Dec 03, 2007 16:56
8	GMB scam	Jimmy Hoffa	Mon Dec 03, 2007 21:19
9	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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