, to allow for further talks with the department, while Unite the Union will be suspending action on Monday 3 June only.
Paul Givan has welcomed the temporary suspension, saying he is "committed" to finding a solution within "intense negotiations" to ensure that schools can open.It was estimated that about 8,000 education staff were due to strike at the same time as GCSE and A-level exams, threatening "catastrophic impacts".on Monday, Deputy General Secretary of NIPSA Patrick Mulholland said the union have already had "helpful" meetings with the education minister.
Mr Mulholland described the issue of pay for the education sector as "a very long and convoluted issue which has become caught up in the political crisis in Northern Ireland."