School secretaries and caretakers across the Shannonside region are continuing their strike action.
Fórsa members are calling for the Department of Education to classify them as public servants.
This would entitle them to public service pensions and other benefits enjoyed by teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs), including the same sick and bereavement leave schemes.
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Speaking from the picket line, principal of Abbey Primary School in Boyle, Michael Solan has spoken in solidarity with his colleagues:
Donie Farrell, former co-ordinator of the VTOS Centre in Boyle says the work carried out by secretaries and caretakers cannot go unnoticed:
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