The Public and Commercial Services Union will hold a national ballot on strike action by mid-September if there is no progress on its demands for pay and job security.
Any pay rise above the 3.2% now on the table for council workers would be “well beyond” the level of affordability of many authorities, local government employers have said.
Slow progress in compensating employees for discriminatory pay has prompted GMB members at Birmingham City Council to “overwhelmingly” vote for industrial action.
The three major unions representing council workers in England have requested a pay increase of at least 10% in 2024-25 amid “growing anger” over low wages.
Concerns over the lack of career progression for nurses have prompted the government to explore alternatives, including a new national contract and pay scale separate from other NHS staff.
The pay system “actively discriminates” against female workers at Sheffield City Council, a union has claimed, with organisers saying some women receive thousands of pounds per year less than male...
Hidden liabilities totalling billions of pounds could be awaiting local authorities who have not fixed discriminatory pay policies, a lawyer at the centre of Birmingham City Council’s case has said.
Staff are being invited to voluntarily resign at Birmingham City Council as the authority struggles to cut costs to help it fund a £760m pay discrimination bill.
Hundreds of thousands of public sector workers will get a pay rise now the government has accepted pay review body recommendations, but not funding that pay rise with extra money will mean services...
NHS and teaching unions have warned the rejection of pay review body recommendations will lead to extra strike action and undermine the remit of the bodies.
