Nursery World - Term staff campaign grows

More term-time school support workers are lobbying their employers for holiday pay, strengthened by the recent victory of their counterparts in Northern Ireland. Up to 100 term-time workers in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, including education teaching assistants, behaviour support workers, welfare assistants and school secretaries, are campaigning to receive the same conditions as teachers and other support staff. The term-time workers are not paid during school holidays and although they used to be able to draw Jobseeker's Allowance during that time, the Government withdrew their entitlement in 1999.

Up to 100 term-time workers in Kirklees, West Yorkshire, including education teaching assistants, behaviour support workers, welfare assistants and school secretaries, are campaigning to receive the same conditions as teachers and other support staff. The term-time workers are not paid during school holidays and although they used to be able to draw Jobseeker's Allowance during that time, the Government withdrew their entitlement in 1999.

The Kirklees branch of public sector Unison has organised a lobby of Huddersfield Council's meeting next week (Wednesday 5 September) and term-time workers are expected to demonstrate outside Huddersfield Town Hall before several spokespeople address the meeting on their behalf. They have drafted a resolution to be presented to the council asking for support in the campaign.

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