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Nursery
Nurse Dispute
Messages of support
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also UNISONScotland Messages Page
The Edinburgh strike ceases on 31 May 2004.
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details of the vote and the settlement.
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yet.
29/5/04
From Jean
Unison Edinburgh
To Barbara, Agnes, All the Johns! and everyone
at Unison (Edinburgh),a big thank you for all
your determination and hard work throughout
the campaign. I wish them the very best. Good
luck to all Nursery Nurses going back to work
on Monday.
9/5/04
From Anne Milligan
Unison Edinburgh
Hi all, May I say how thankful we all are
for the tremendous support we are getting from
fellow trade unions & members across the board.There
is a swell of support throughout Unison members
calling for a day of action in support of nursery
nurses strike & to highlight the plight of all
low- paid public sector employees,the public
also need to be made aware of the social work
situation too.Please if you haven't already,
contact your branch & add your support for a
national day of action. Collectively we can
show our politicians the extent of unrest within
their workforces & raise public awareness -
just in time for EU Elections.
Best wishes. Anne.
8/5/04
From Shirley Gibb
EIS
Congratulations to all of you on a great fight.It
can't be easy being out for this long, but keep
it up - an awful lot of people respect what
you're doing and wish you well. Shirley Gibb.
(Special Needs Teacher)
7/5/04
From Katrina Guckia
unison edinburgh
HI there everyone I cant believe the position
we are now in.we cannot accept this 'final offer'from
edinburgh.After 10 weeks on strike this surely
cannot be how its going to end.I cannot face
going back to work under the councils offer,new
job description and title of 'early years worker'.if
we have already rejected the offer then why
are we going to accept it now. (maybe because
we are all skint and have been on strike for
the last 10 weeks)I believe thats why the council
will not up the offer as they think can starve
us back to work.Well lets show them we are not
going to accept this(have you seen the endless
job description)!!We must stay strong and stay
out, there is still so much support out there
for us and ongoing contributions to the hardship
funds.c'mon the answer is NO NO NO!smaller councils
are getting more than us and we are the capital
city.
From jane Greene
unison west dumbartonshire
we are comming to the end of a tenth week on
strike here in west dumbartonshire and still
staying strong .Well done to all my collegues
who are still united in the fight to get a just
pay settlement it is hard going but the support
is still there from the parents ,members of
the public and other union members despite the
adverse publicity in some national newspapers
I am proud to stand alongside my fellow NURSERY
NURSES in the fight.
5/5/04
From Kevin Lindsay
ASLEF Edinburgh No2
Keep fighting you know your worth it and Scotland
knows your worth it. I was at the STUC annual
congress last week and left when Jack McConnel
spoke to stand outside with the Nursery Nurses.
The songs were great but the cause is greater.
Keep the fight going
From Audrey Lamb
Union edinburgh
was feeling very down hearted when on the news
tonight there was another two councils have
settled but after going into yahoo nurserynurses
solidarity group it really opened my eyes made
me feel good and know that the others from diffrent
regions still going through what we going through.
Was suprised to hear that diffrent regions calling
us diffrent names thought we were all still
nursery nurses but that seems to be changing,
glasgow child support workers and edinburgh
early year workers didnt know wed changed our
working names intresting. Keep united girls
it is getting harder as more and more settle
but try and keep united and remember all the
friends weve made from this. Just hope education
department see sense and we are all soon able
to go back to work to the job we love doing
and give the kids there nursery education they
rightly deserve
Updates at 3/5/04
From Paul O'Hanlon
NUS Edinburgh
Dear Nursery Nurses, I would like to send you
a meesage of solidarity - I was on the May Day
march on Saturday 1st May in Edinburgh where
the Nurses were well represented. If you would
like to read my report with photos of the event
please click on:http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/regions/scotland/
2004/05/290474.html
Very Best Wishes, Paul O'Hanlon
From Jennifer Chave
Unison City of Edinburgh
I am a nursery nurse on strike and have
been since the start. I know all nursery nurses
are finding this hard but we have to stay strong
for each other and get a fair deal for the future.
I have collected £100 this week from picketing
in edinburgh so we may not always see the support
but it is there.
Updates at 29/4/04
From Carole Ross
dundee
good luck to you all stay strong, i know its
hard but im back on friday and im going to be
strong and proud as i am a nursery nurse who
was a picket and not a scab!!!!!!
Updates at 28/4/04
From Kevin Lindsay
ASLEF Edinburgh No2
Keep fighting you know your worth it and Scotland
knows your worth it. I was at the STUC annual
congress last week and left when Jack McConnel
spoke to stand outside with the Nursery Nurses.
The songs were great but the cause is greater.
Keep the fight going
From FO's
I hope you get what you want and I hope the
rest of the UK take note. Good Luck
31/3/04
From Arlene Horribine
Unison
It is really a great job that the nursery nurses
do, can we just get it settled as my daughter
starts school this year and is missing the nursery
really badly.
29/3/04
From Tracey
Unison Midlothian
Think CoSLA got the message today loud and clear!!!!
Hope to see you all at parliament on Thursday
for Elaine Smith's members debate. Starts at
five. The more the merrier.
From Alistair Cant
Parent and TGWU 7/148
My son goes to Grassmarket Nursery and I want
to see Nursery Nurses get a fair deal for all
of Scotland. I totally support the message of
support from L Hodgson. I plan to take my son
and go as a parent to the Demo on Monday 29
March at 12.00 at Atholl Crescent to march to
Rosebery House (Haymarket). I would urge other
parents and children to come too. We parents
have perhaps been too silent in our support
and it would be good to show more support this
coming Monday.
15 March 2004
From L Hodgson
My son is currently in his pre-school year at
Stockbridge Nursery in Edinburgh. We totally
support the nursery nurses and the strike. We
know the strike is a last resort and the nursery
nurses would far rather be working than picketing.
We would really like to do something positive
to help bring about a resolution to the strike.
Is their an action group for parents that we
can join? Perhaps if all the nursery children
in Edinburgh turned up at the Council Chambers
for the day, councillors would feel more inclined
to settle this matter?
11 March 2004
From Douglas Campbell
PCS Saughton, Edinburgh
Our branch AGM on Friday 5th agreed unanimously
to send a message of support and solidarity
to the striking nursery nurses who look after
so many of our own children in Carrick Knowe
and Balgreen.
From Jillian Peacock - Parent
I support you 100% in you're action even though
my two children are missing there nursery education.
I do not blame nursery nurses for this action,
i blame cosla and the councils for not recognising
the great work nursery nurses do. Let the members
of these bodies work in our nurseries for one
week then tell me what salary they deserve!
I lend my support to you all and will continue
to petition,protest and march with you all,
you are not alone and you more than deserve
a decent non degrading salary.stand together
stay srong we will win. We have to for the sake
of our childrens education.
From Anne Morris
Unison Edinburgh
I support the Nursery Nurses 100 %. This is
'last resort' action. I know first hand what
a fantastic job they do under very difficult
circumstances. What they want is fair recognition
of what they do in the form of a decent wage.
Their job description has changed considerably
over the years - their salary has not! If a
successful end to this is not found and Nursery
Nurses are forced back to work because they
cannot afford financially to support strike
action - there will be a mass exodus of very
well trained, caring professional nursery nurses
who will probably end up working in a less rewarding
but better paid job. Where does that leave nursery
education? Not in anyone's best interests!
10 March 2004
From James Milligan
My wife is a nursery nurse in an edinburgh school
nursery,i support her and her colleagues 100%.i
think the decision they have taken to strike
was the right one especially as they have not
had a job review in the last 16 years, but have
had more added on to their job with no thanks
from the government bodies {i.e. a wage increase}.
how can cosla justify asking for a 22 million
pay rise for part-time pen pushers but not for
nursery nurses across the board who do a harder
and more valued job. n.n,s have children too
who are missing out on care & education it's
not as if they dont understand what all children
are missing out on. it's also a hardship doing
without a wage when they are so low paid to
begin with, but you have to stick to your fight
and make the governing bodies see that your
actions & claim for a pay rise is justified
good luck to you all stay united .
From Jane Donaldson
Unison Edinburgh
MSP's help us out here! Get Cosla round the
table and get us our National agreement, that
we deserve!!
8 March 2004
From Sally Clarke
UNISON Edinburgh
I'm a nursery nurse picketing twice a day at
my nursery with my colleagues. We are receiving
lots of support from parents and from the local
community. Today a man stopped on his way to
work, parked his car and came over to our picket
line to shake our hands and gave us words of
support - what a morale booster!!!
3 March 2004
From Millicent and Tom Hendry
Melbourne Australia
Our best wishes to all nursery nurses. Your
support is world wide.!!! from Millicent and
Tom. Melbourne OZ---...
From Emma Kelly
Unison Edinburgh
As an affected nursery nurse. I just want
to wish all my collegues the best for this stirke.
This is our one chance to get this resolved
so lets fight this all the way and remember,
WE ARE RIGHT!!!
Joan Neilson
Unison North Lanarkshire
Hang in there girls, if we all stick together
we will win. Also I'm looking for a contact
in your area so that we can keep in touch about
further developments. Can you tell me if anyone
has thought to protest outside the COSLA offices?
There is a branch in Glasgow and Edinburgh,
maybe we should target them on the same day.
Keep smiling!!!!!!!
2 Mar 2004
From
Joe Hartney
AMICUS Financial
Keep the pressure on. The Herald's editorial
today was broadly in suport of the nursery nurses.
I have written to COSLA and copied in my Councillor
and MSP, making it clear that as an affected
parent I give full support to the nursery nurses.
My local nursery is Gylemuir in Edinburgh.
1 Mar 2004
From
Robert Mathie
PCS Edinburgh Branch
Its a national scandal that its come to this.
Stand firm and united, solidarity and the public
support will bring victory.
29 Feb 2004
From
Linda Rendall
Hertfordshire Unison
Borehamwood Herts
As a nursery nurse working in Hertfordshire
I wish you success in your strike efforts. If
Scottish local authorities get away with this
then London could be next. Good luck.
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