Montessori and pre-school workers have handed postcards in to the Department of Finance today calling for fairer pay.
Early years teachers only receive a salary for 38 weeks of the year and then have to claim the dole for the summer months.
2 year old Sophia is supporting the @SIPTU campaign for better pay for early years workers pic.twitter.com/d55pwo5xM9
— Nicole Gernon (@nicole_gernon) July 14, 2017
SIPTU is urging the government to treat the workers the same as any other teachers.
Orla Quigley - who runs a montessori school - says the lack of pay during the summer has a huge impact on her life:
