Nurseries face more strikes

Ademonstration of 5,000 nursery nurses from across Scotland was set for Tuesday (24 June) in Glasgow, as their dispute reached the final stages of a five-week programme of action. Unison accused local authority employers of 'failing Scotland's children and Scotland's parents'. But the Convention of Scotland's Local Authorities said its position remained unchanged, and with no movement from employers the trade union warned that disruption was likely to continue into the summer. Unison's national industrial action committee met on 19 June and gave approval for six more weeks of strikes to take place from 1 July.