Report RE: Devon nursery nurses pay cut

Original Post

by: dj.in.brighton

Teachers have their own unions - like the National Union of Teachers,who've just voted to boycott SATS tests.

Those of us nursery workers lucky enough to work in the public sector (lucky in that our employer recognises unions and pays more than the minimum wage) tend to be in "Unison",which organises over a million workers - mainly in local government,hospitals.I am unison "shop steward" at my nursery,which means I will try and get people to join and take part in the union.

pip - I don't know what happened in Kent,but a union is,at the end of the day,its members.It is only as strong as the action its members are prepared to take.But if people ,in the last resort,are prepared to strike the union will help with publicity,money and solidarity from other workers with the same employer.

Personally,I think many union officials often don't believe their members will resist employers.But sometimes I think some union people are too scared of upsetting the Labour Party.

Hopefully,low paid workers will never be swayed by fat cat MPs again

Striking seems to go against our very ethos as carers.But without being prepared to strike,employers can walk all over us.Just look at the pay and conditions in the private sector,including those working for big chains.

If anyone wants to hear more about the 2 strikes I mentioned above,I'll post again.

As for private nurseries,unions like "Unite" and the GMB are trying to organise all sorts of marginalised low paid groups like City of London cleaners and migrant workers.I would be interested in working with these unions to recruit members in the private sector in Brighton.Anybody interested?

Report Comment