News
The Guardian, 1st October 2011
"Workplace nurseries offer flexibility and tax advantages to parents - so why do many employers want to shut them down? Jill Insley visited two creches threatened with closure..." Read more.
Islington Tribune, 2nd September 2011
Royal Mail deal saves Mount Pleasant Nursery due to close by Peter Gruner
"Mount Pleasant Nursery - for children of staff who work at the Royal Mail centre at Farringdon - has been saved, thanks to a last-minute deal between the union and management..." Read more.
Last ditch deal saves nursery from closure, 31st August 2011
Hopes have risen that Mount Pleasant children's nursery could be saved from the axe following a breakthrough in talks between the CWU and Royal Mail. Read more...
Morning Star online, 3st August 2011
Nursery given stay of execution, 31st August 2011
"Royal Mail workers at London's largest sorting office celebrated a partial victory today in their fight to save their workplace nursery..." Read more.
Toddlers' Tuesday gains momentum, 25th August 2011
CWU women's officer Katie Dunning joined assistant branch secretary Lloyd Harris for the second Toddlers' Tuesday protest at Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant on 23rd August. Read more...
Morning Star, 18th July 2011
"There is a little gem tucked away on a busy junction in central London.
Not many people know about it but this pioneering creche has helped hundreds of parents stay in work, safe in the knowledge that their children are being properly looked after just a few doors away..." Read more.
Summer demo to save Mount Pleasant nursery, 15th June 2011
CWU campaigners plan a summer demonstration at Royal Mail's central London headquarters in their ongoing bid to save the closure-threatened children's nursery at the company's Mount Pleasant site...Read more.
NurseryWorld, 1st June 2011
"A unique nursery that offers subsidised childcare for postal workers across London is to be closed by the Royal Mail..." Read more.
We love our nursery, please save it! 19th May 2011
A busy London street echoed with chants of: "Save our nursery" as postal workers and their children staged a lively protest outside Royal Mail's Mount Pleasant site today (Thursday). Read more.
