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School secretaries and caretakers in Clara took to the picket line again today to highlight inequalities and to seek parity with teachers and SNA's.
They joined an estimated 2,500 others around Offaly and the rest of the country in pursuit of equality in relation to public service pensions and associated entitlements.
School secretaries are responsible for a lot of the day-to-day paper work, they organise school meals, answer the phone and take care of enrolments.
Caretakers look after the maintenance and generally open and lock up the school morning and night.
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Fórsa Trade Union, who is representing the workers said: ''The State’s continued refusal to give them the same employment status as their colleagues has locked out several generations of school staff from secure income in retirement. The policy is a calculated policy decision to maintain inequality.''
The indefinite strike began on Thursday August 28.
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