Nursery nurses vote on pay and regrading

Catherine Gaunt
Wednesday, April 30, 2003

More than 5,000 nursery nurse members of the public sector union Unison are voting for the second time in a month on whether to take industrial action across Scotland, after an earlier ballot was suspended following a threat of legal action by North Ayrshire council. The nursery nurses, who work in schools, day nurseries, community nurseries and special schools, are threatening to strike in support of their claim for a pay and grading review after talks with their local authority employers failed to resolve the situation. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working party, said, 'Local authorities are actively trying to prevent a successful outcome, but we're sure their tactics won't work.