Pay up

By Annette Rawstrone, Nursery World, 4 June 2003

Unison is demanding a pay increase of £4,000 for nursery nurses and a review of grading. Annette Rawstrone looks at what has driven nursery nurses in Scotland to go on strike...

Nursery nurses in Scotland have gone on strike after working for 15 years without a proper pay review. Five thousand nursery nurse members of the public services union Unison voted in favour of strike action and an indefinite boycott of duties not recognised in current pay levels. The five-week programme of industrial action started on 20 May. Strikes are taking place at different times in four regions of Scotland...

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