Editor's view

By Liz Roberts, editor, Nursery World, 11 March 2004

Should nursery nurses go on strike to fight for better pay and conditions, or should this form of action be seen as alien to those in a 'caring profession'? This is the dilemma facing early years workers in Scotland at the moment as the all-out strike of Unison members continues (see News, pages 4 and 5). Those nursery nurses who belong to the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses have been left in a difficult position, as they support the call for an improved deal but have a no-strike clause in their union membership.

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