A strike by classroom assistants at an east Belfast special school could spread to Northern Ireland schools if a row over low pay is not resolved, a union has warned.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, the Nipsa union issued the warning as 38 classroom assistants at Tor Bank Special School in Dundonald are set to strike.
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The action is part of a long-running row with the South Eastern Education and Library Board.
Workers claim the board has dragged its heels over a job evaluation scheme which was agreed 10 years ago.
