The mood of the rally (pictured) was lightened by the presence of fairground rides for children and a nursery nurse choir singing adapted seasonal tunes.
Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working group, said, 'There was a great turn- out. The demonstration was very well supported.'
A guest speaker from the London borough of Tower Hamlets told the demonstration about how nursery nurses in her area had also taken on their employer and won pay awards of 19,500 and 21,500 a year.
Meanwhile, Glasgow City Council has extended a pay and grading offer that has already been rejected by nursery nurses to a further 1,900 education service staff, including classroom assistants. The pay increases offered range from 3.1 per cent to 14.8 per cent.
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