'Major victory' for school secretaries as they gain public service employment rights

School secretaries' strike for pay fairness has been deferred. File picture 

A national one-day strike by school secretaries and caretakers due to take place on Wednesday has been deferred after “significant concessions” were made by the Department of Education.

Trade union Fórsa says the department has “finally conceded” that all school secretaries should be placed on the public service clerical officer scale, bringing an end to a four-decade old two-tier pay system.