Nursery nurse members of Unison in West Yorkshire

Wednesday, July 2, 2003

Nursery nurse members of Unison in West Yorkshire have settled a long-running pay dispute with the local authority, which puts them among the highest-paid nursery nurses in the north of England. Members of the Kirklees branch voted to accept the council's offer on 23 June, following nine days of strikes in April and May. The new pay structure brings nursery nurses closer in line with classroom assistants, who can earn up to 15,000 a year, following an agreement with the council in November last year. Meanwhile more than 100 nursery nurse members of Unison in the London borough of Tower Hamlets have been out on strike since 13 June over the LEA's decision to change their 52-week contracts to 'term-time only'.