Special needs assistants balloting over new pay deal

Fórsa’s 12,000 SNA members began balloting on Wednesday on whether to accept an option which the trade union said will improve pay at the top of their pay scale, as an alternative to accepting a 1% increase due this month under ‘Building Momentum’. Photo: Des Barry.

Special Needs Assistants (SNAs) have begun balloting on new pay measures negotiated under provisions in the new public service pay agreement.

The 'Building Momentum' agreement’s sectoral bargaining fund was designed to deal with outstanding adjudications, recommendations, awards, and claims relevant to specific grades, groups, or categories of public service workers.