Nursery World - Unison has criticised the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Unison has criticised the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities technical group set up to create a recommended job description and grade for nursery nurses. The report was due by the end of July but has not yet been published. Carol Ball, chair of Unison's Scottish Nursery Nurse Working Party, said last week, 'It is sad that Scottish employers are prepared to create a flawed report, rather than making an offer to deal with nursery nurses' pay and responsibilities. Only last week the Scottish Executive produced statistics that showed the number of places in local authority pre-school education centres has increased by 4 per cent since January 2002, while the number of staff has decreased by 13 per cent.'

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