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Nursery
Nurses Dispute
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We are being criticised for not
exempting Special Needs - these are the facts
- We accept you cannot have a strike in a
public service that doesn't hurt anyone. That
is why UNISON has a standard emergency cover
principle - to accept emergency cover to protect
children from life and limb risk. This is
being followed in this case.
- All kids will suffer because of this dispute.
All parents will need to make alternative
childcare arrangements. It would be unfair
and very difficult to single out one category
to exempt.
- With increasing integration of special needs
children into mainstream nurseries/ schools,
just about every establishment be affected.
A blanket exemption would mean no strike and
that is all the employers want - they want
to sit it out, do nothing and blackmail us
out of our claim.
- Conversely nursery nurses have spent two
years discussing and arguing and one year
taking lesser action - precisely because we
don't want to hurt children's education or
to disrupt parents' working lives any more
than they have to.
- Nursery Nurses provide valuable/vital services
like this type of care. These are being put
at risk by employers failing to treat their
low pay seriously.
- No nursery nurse wants to damage and disrupt
the service they provide. But faced with utter
refusal of employees to recognise the need
and desire for Scottish regrading. They have
had to take the only step possible - all out
strike.
Parents must put pressure on their councils
to say to COSLA - 'get back round the table'
Pay nursery nurses a fair wage.
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