Indian Workers' Association stands in solidarity with school support staff
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THE Indian Workers Association added its voice today to calls for an end to discriminatory treatment of school support workers.
A Unison survey revealed last week that a third of staff witness verbal abuse and violence at work on a daily basis.
Nearly eight in 10 out of the 8,000 workers surveyed said they were worried about paying bills, while two-thirds said they put in extra hours for no pay every week.
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