Early years staff to gain equal pay.

The article reports that a ruling made by a Manchester tribunal granted the petition of 1,200 workers to gain equal pay from Bury Metropolitan Borough Council. The claimants include nursery nurses, teaching assistants, home care workers, cleaners and cooks. The case was brought by public sector union Unison claiming that the basic rate of female workers in the company is less than what the male workers receive. The ruling orders Bury Metropolitan Borough Council to pay the claimants' bonuses which cover six years prior to March 31, 2007.