Over 100 classroom assistants have picketed Stormont as part of their strike for better pay and conditions.
Nipsa union members from east and south Belfast gathered outside Parliament Buildings to wave placards and blow horns in support of their protest against the regrading of posts.
The dispute centres on pay and regrading and has been going on for 12 years without resolution. Indefinite strike action began on Monday following a one-day demonstration last month.
The Department has denied that any classroom assistant will lose out in the job-evaluation scheme that is being negotiated.
Education Minister Caitríona Ruane has called for an end to the demonstration after the latest offer from employers was rejected.
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