More than 500 childcarers have joined the Transport and General Workers' Union in Scotland over the past two years, with some new members securing pay rises of as much as 13 per cent as a result. The T&GWU launched a campaign in November 1999 to raise the status of childcare in Britain and Ireland and recruit new members, and has been particularly successful in Scotland. Childcare officer Margaret Ann Jones, who is based in Glasgow, said, 'We have new members who work in both local authority and private nurseries and out-of-school care, and the numbers are increasing all the time.'