Teaching assistants hold a rally at Durham Miners' Association in Redhills. Picture: SARAH CALDECOTT
TEACHING assistants are staging their second day of strikes across County Durham as part of a 48-hour period of industrial action over pay.
Durham County Council, which says current contracts are unfair and create an equal pay risk from other employees, is planning to sack its 2,700 teaching assistants in January and re-engage them on the the new contracts.
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Hundreds protested outside schools across the county on Tuesday.
More than 100 schools were affected by the walk-out by members of the trade unions Unison and ATL, with 43 closed completely.
Unison general secretary Dave Prentis, who announced a £150,000 hardship fund for the strikers on Monday, is due to address a rally at Durham Miners' Association in Redhills, today.
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