Unison, which represents 130 of the 154 nursery nurses in the London borough, has already instructed them not to provide unpaid cover for the planned absence of teachers.
The union's Greenwich branch secretary Onay Kasab said that a ballot on industrial action would follow consultation with regional officials. He added that the union was not contemplating isolated days of action or initially an all-out stoppage, but would probably organise strikes over four or five days.
He said the dispute stems from the refusal of the council to pay nursery nurses in full following a regrading exercise in which the union and management agreed new job descriptions.
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