Nursery World - Pay deal for council staff ends strike

* This week's national strike by local government workers, including nursery nurses and classroom assistants, was suspended after a pay deal raised the earnings of the lowest paid workers by nearly 11 per cent. The three unions involved, Unison, GMB and T&G, and local government employers have agreed to a set of ACAS proposals to recommend to their members over the next six weeks. The proposed two-year pay deal has increases ranging from 7.7 per cent to 10.9 per cent for the lowest paid.

The three unions involved, Unison, GMB and T&G, and local government employers have agreed to a set of ACAS proposals to recommend to their members over the next six weeks. The proposed two-year pay deal has increases ranging from 7.7 per cent to 10.9 per cent for the lowest paid.

All council workers would receive a 3 per cent increase, with a new minimum pay rate of 5 an hour backdated to 1 April 2002. This would be followed by a further 1 per cent rise from 1 October this year, plus another 1 per cent for staff on the lowest two grades.

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