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Nursery nurses wary of new offer

More than 2,000 nursery nurses, parents and children took to the streets of Dundee last week demanding a Scotland-wide settlement to  Unison's dispute over better pay and career structure for nursery nurses.

More than 2,000 nursery nurses, parents and children took to the streets of Dundee last week demanding a Scotland-wide settlement to Unison's dispute over better pay and career structure for nursery nurses.

The mood of the rally (pictured) was lightened by the presence of fairground rides for children and a nursery nurse choir singing adapted seasonal tunes. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working group, said, 'There was a great turn- out. The demonstration was very well supported.'

A guest speaker from the London borough of Tower Hamlets told the demonstration about how nursery nurses in her area had also taken on their employer and won pay awards of 19,500 and 21,500 a year.

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