Reports on 1 April said talks were underway between Unison and CoSLA, the local authorities employers' association, in a bid to resolve the all-out strike.
But Joe di Paola, Unison's Scottish local government organiser, said there had been no talks, although Unison had received an offer to meet with CoSLA.
Scottish first minister Jack McConnell came under fire last week for claiming that a "small number of guys" leading Unison and CoSLA had caused the "ridiculous situation".
Carol Ball, chair of Unison's nursery nurse working party, said McConnell was "misreading the situation", adding: "It is Unison's nursery nurses who have been making the decisions all the way through this dispute."
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