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Scottish council plans to fire hundreds of nursery workers and rehire them on cheaper wages
Early year workers and supporters outside Motherwell Civic Centre, Glasgow, protesting over being forced to retrain or face a 30% wage decrease in March 2023
A SCOTTISH council’s plans to fire hundreds of nursery workers and rehire them on cheaper wages are an “outright scandal,” a union slammed today as it ballots members on strike action.
Unison said that North Lanarkshire Council’s plans to lay off early years practitioners and then reappoint them on lower pay will affect about 375 full-time workers and see some salaries cut by up to £6,500.
Earlier this year, 91 per cent of the Unison members said they were willing to walk out over the issue.
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