Two to three thousand demonstrators assembled at Glasgow's Blythswoood Square on Saturday and marched to a rally in George Square, organised by the public service union Unison.
They were addressed by Margaret Jamieson, the Labour MSP for Kilmarnock and Loudon and a Unison member whose daughter is training to be a nursery nurse. Ms Jamieson, who is also deputy convenor of the Scottish Parliament's health and community care committee, said, 'It is now time for the professional status of nursery nurses to be recognised. This will require proper training, proper pay levels, and above all a proper career structure. Only in this way will we ensure the high quality of nursery nurse provision which will be essential to pre-five education in Scotland.'
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