In recent weeks Perth and Kinross council has joined South Lanark and Aberdeen in settling the dispute at a local level, the preferred approach of the employers. Meanwhile, union officers in the Highlands have recommended nursery nurses accept a locally negotiated offer and members are being balloted. Fife council has reached an interim settlement with nursery nurses.
Mike Emmott, employee relations advisor at the Chartered Instituted for Personnel Development, said he thought it was likely the dispute was now drawing to a close. 'This time around, if individual authorities begin to settle, then I think that will greatly reduce the chances of a national agreement,' he said.
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