Mary Evans reports
Nursery nurses in Nottinghamshire schools have achieved a groundbreaking pay deal providing them with a professional career structure and a salary banding which puts senior staff on a par with teachers.
The achievement by the Nottinghamshire branch of the UK's largest union, Unison, is encouraging nursery nurses around the country from London to Scotland to redouble their efforts to win better pay and status.
The package, due to be implemented in September, emerged after 18 months of negotiations between the union and Nottinghamshire County Council. It establishes three grades for nursery nurses based on a 32.5-hour week and 52-week pay year, with paid overtime at time and a half.
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