Nursery nurse members of the public services union Unison staged two days of strikes between 16 and 18 September and a rally in Glasgow last weekend to express support for the pay claim.
A pay offer of up to 12.5 per cent from the council body Cosla was angrily rejected by the union because it was only a recommendation to councils, and the offer did not meet with Unison's claim. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurses working group, said, 'We are bitterly disappointed with Cosla although we could accept an offer that still does not reflect our professional duties.'
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