Childcare centres across Perth may be forced to close today when early childhood workers take industrial action.

United Workers Union early education director Helen Gibbons told Gareth Parker on 6PR Breakfast that parents had been informed of the nationwide action, with dozens of centres in Perth registering to take part.

“Everyone’s really passionate about this and there’s going to be a lot of support across Western Australia,” she said.

“There’ll be no nasty surprises for parents … any parents who are going to be impacted by this will already know about it.”