Their trade union, Unison, has accused Ealing Council in west London of reneging on an agreement that would have resulted in significant pay rises and brought 46 staff, working in the council's four nursery centres - Disraeli, Hanbury, Hanwell and Windmill, - in line with other authority workers (News, 22 February).
Unison has arranged to discuss the pay issue with councillors at a meeting this week (13 March) and has said it will ballot members if guarantees are not received that the pay and grading deal will be reinstated. The council is also being threatened with legal proceedings in support of an equal pay claim for the workers affected.
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