Nursery World - Nursery nurses to meet councils

Public services union Unison has agreed to meet the 21 Scottish local authorities who have not yet made a settlement in the dispute over nursery nurses' pay and grading. The union was responding to an announcement made on 22 March by seven council leaders who said that they were ready to agree 'deals broadly similar' to those already made to date. The statement was made by leaders from Glasgow, Edinburgh, North Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian, East Ayrshire and Fife.

The union was responding to an announcement made on 22 March by seven council leaders who said that they were ready to agree 'deals broadly similar' to those already made to date. The statement was made by leaders from Glasgow, Edinburgh, North Ayrshire, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian, East Ayrshire and Fife.

Joe di Paola, Unison's Scottish organiser for local Government, said, 'I am saying to these councils, that in the absences of any approach from the Convention for Scottish Local Authorities (CoSLA) we are happy to sit down with all of them as one separate group to find a Scottish settlement. If this is a serious approach and not just an attempt to steal a few headlines, we are happy to meet them and try to settle this dispute.'

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