Local government staff are under unprecedented pressure across the country due to council cutbacks and staff shortages, the trade union Unison has claimed.
Members of the GMB union in local government have voted to accept the two-year pay deal from council employers, the only one of the three main unions in the sector to do so.
Votes for strike action in public services including health, education, transport, fire and rescue, and border security will need to be supported by at least 40% of union members if they are to go...
The government is to press ahead with reforms to trade union laws in order to end what ministers called the “endless” threat of strike action in public services from a single vote.
