11:45am Wednesday 17th March 2010
By Claire Hack
UNION members will picket a Woodford Green primary school tomorrow in a continuing dispute over pay.
General workers’ union GMB confirmed teaching assistants at Roding Primary School will protest tomorrow morning as part of a second planned walk out.
It is believed up to 34 staff will be involved in the strike and the council has said the nursery will close during the day, although the rest of the school will remain open.
The picket is to take place at 8am as the school gates open.
The first walk out took place last week in a pay row as teaching assistants claim they are being underpaid.
The local authority has condemned the strike, saying it is “dismayed” the decision was taken.
A pay review was recently carried out in schools across the borough and the council has said it would not be “practical or cost effective” to give Roding a separate review.
It also denied claims the governing body had refused to hold talks and said it was open to discussion with the union.
It has also been reported GMB strike action could be on the cards for three more Redbridge schools, including Hatton School, in Roding Lane South, Woodford Green.
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