As Unison nursery nurse members were due to walk out on indefinite strike from Monday across most of Scotland, union leaders maintained that they had presented a consistent message throughout the long-running dispute and denied claims that they were ignoring pay offers from individual councils.
A report published last week by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA) claimed that the nursery nurses wanted the same pay for working 39 weeks a years as for working 52 weeks a year, regardless of the nature of the work they did. It said, 'We must recognise the differences between those working throughout the year with the most vulnerable children in difficult environments compared to those in mainstream education.'
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