Nursery World - Industrial action bites in classroom

There was no sign this week that the five-week-old nursery nurse dispute was any closer to resolution as waves of industrial action continued across Scotland, linked to a boycott of additional duties and responsibilities. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working party, said that the union and employers remained at 'stalemate' as the rolling programme of strikes initially agreed for five weeks was drawing to a close. Ms Ball said plans for future action would be discussed at this week's meeting of Unison's national industrial action committee.

Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working party, said that the union and employers remained at 'stalemate' as the rolling programme of strikes initially agreed for five weeks was drawing to a close. Ms Ball said plans for future action would be discussed at this week's meeting of Unison's national industrial action committee.

Ms Ball added that if the dispute continues into the summer it could 'massively affect the training of new nursery nurses' all over Scotland, who would be starting courses at the beginning of the next academic year.

Student nursery nurses usually undertake placements of two days a week at a nursery.But as training is one of the additional responsibilities currently being boycotted, Ms Ball said this would have repercussions for the future employment of new nursery nurses.

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