Report Nursery Nurses wages?????

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by: butterflygirl

I work in a private day nursery for a big chain and the nursery assistants are on minimum wage. NVQ Level 2 staff are on about £5/hour and Level 3 are on between £5.30 - £5.50/hour. As a 30 year old woman who had been working in retail management for 10 years, I was completely horrified by these wages. I left retail as I wanted more job satisfaction but surely I also need a decent living wage. Im about to qualify at Level 3 and cannot afford to stay at my current setting unless they pay me more. The full time fees are £40 per day per child!!! It seems council/LEA nurseries pay better so I will have to look into this, although I will be devastated to leave the kids I have been looking after for 2 years. Maybe we need to follow the example of Scottish n.nurses and strike.

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