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8 Aug 22
The Scottish Government is set to give councils £140m to help support an improved pay offer for staff and avoid looming strike action.
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26 Jul 22
Council workers in most of the UK have received a pay offer of a £1,925 increase to their salaries, but unions have given the news a mixed reception.
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7 Jun 22
The three major unions representing council workers in England have requested a “substantial pay rise” this year to help mitigate the impact of soaring inflation on their members.
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31 May 22
Council workers in Scotland look increasingly likely to take industrial action if demands for a larger pay rise amid high inflation are not met, according to a union official.
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1 Mar 22
Local government members of Unite are set to strike next month over an ‘unacceptable’ 1.75% pay rise, whilst other trade unions have accepted the offer.
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12 Nov 21
Birmingham City Council could face fresh equal pay settlements after it emerged that the authority was incorrectly evaluating jobs, according to union GMB.
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3 Aug 18
Online retail giant Amazon’s UK tax bill reduced last year despite higher profits, which has been called “shameful and wrong” by a union head.
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23 Mar 18
The GMB union has urged its members to reject the proposed 6.5% pay rise for NHS staff.
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27 Apr 16
The trade union Unison has decided to accept a two-year pay offer for council workers, becoming the second union to accept the deal from local government employers.