NI classroom assistants' strike could resume

2000 classroom assistants in Northern Ireland are to decide today (Thursday) whether to go back on strike.
Talks between their trade union, NIPSA, and employers have failed to resolve the long-running dispute over pay and conditions.
Earlier this month ten days of strike action by the classroom assistants closed more than half of special schools in Northern Ireland.
Other unions including Unison who have not been on strike are to ballot their members on the employers' offer which includes a one-off payment to compensate for reduced allowances.