Special needs staff have been awarded a pay rise after threatening to strike last week (From East London and West Essex Guardian Series)

Special needs staff have been awarded a pay rise after threatening to strike last week

6:05pm Thursday 9th July 2009 in

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SPECIAL needs workers will receive a pay increase after school staff threatened to strike.

Twenty-nine support workers at Little Heath Foundation School in Hainault Road will have their salaries increased by be between £1,500 and £2,000 a year.

Although the GMB union had initially been pushing for an extra £2,500, the agreement was reached after a planned walk-out was called off last week.

Workers accused the council of paying staff in similar roles at other Redbridge schools more money.