Strike Information
Dear Parents and Carers,
Day of strike action by non-teaching staff on 16 November
The Education Authority (EA) has warned of expected disruption to some school services as a result of industrial action notified by UNISON. This action will consist of action short of strike as well as a full day of strike action on 16 November 2023.
The vast majority of our nonteaching staff are Unison members, this includes; Learning Support Assistants, cleaners, Building Supervisors, Administration Staff, kitchen staff and drivers.
Due to the high number of Unison members across all roles in the nonteaching staff, the Board of Governors and I have determined that:
Hill Croft will be CLOSED for pupils on 16th November 2023.
Clearly, this is a difficult situation, which will cause disruption. I ask you, however, to be understanding. Strike action is very unusual and taking the step of strike action is not something that any member of the school staff undertakes lightly. Those on strike will have thought long and hard about their decision and will also lose pay for the period that they are on strike.
The staff in our school are invaluable to the learning, development and safeguarding of your children and I, along with the Board of Governors, feel strongly that they should be paid fairly for the essential and very challenging jobs that they do.
Should an agreement be reached and the strike is cancelled, the school will open for pupils as usual.
Kind regards
Roz McFeeters
