Hundreds of North Lanarkshire early years workers, parents and children staged a noisy demonstration outside the council’s headquarters campaigning against a budget cut which will see workers facing massive reductions in wages.
They protested as members arrived for this afternoon’s full council meeting, waving homemade banners, flags and chanting “hands off early years” as they called for a reversal of the decision which will see around 300 current grade 9 staff members replaced with lower-paid grade 7 key workers.
Staff members told Lanarkshire Live of the “devastating” impact the plan will have on both children and workers, with some even telling how they fear having to sell their homes as a result of the potential 30 per cent reduction in wages for their current roles.
