Joe Di Paola, Scottish organiser for the public services union Unison, which is representing the nursery nurses, said, 'Rather than playing silly games, the council would be better going back to Cosla to re-open talks at a Scottish level.' He said the offer from the city council was 'virtually the same' as one already rejected by nursery nurses.
In a letter to Glasgow nursery nurses, Ronnie O'Connor, the city council's director of education services, said, 'The council is very keen to resolve the dispute at a local level. Cosla and our own elected members have made it absolutely clear that there will not be a nationally negotiated agreement that is sought by Unison.'
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