Two Shannonside ministers, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran and Peter Burke, are backing school secretaries and caretakers as their indefinite strike continues.
There were protests outside several locals schools today, on the fifth day of their industrial action.
They're seeking access to public sector pensions and other entitlements.
Local senator Joe Flaherty joined the picket at Melview National School in Longford - he wants both sides to return to the Workplace Relations Commission, as he told Eoghan Murphy earlier: