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Heather Wakefield, UNISON Head of Local Government […]

Local government unions(*) representing more than one million council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will today (14 January) submit their annual pay claim for an increase of at least the level of retail price inflation, with additional salary increases for the lowest paid.

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Trade unions* representing 1.3 million local government workers have today (1 October) written to ACAS urging them to begin arbitration as soon as possible, to resolve the long-standing dispute over pay.

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UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis, will join his members on picket

lines in Scotland on Wednesday (20th) morning as 100,000 start a 24-hour

strike over a 3-year below inflation pay offer.

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UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis […]

Commenting on ridiculous claims made by the local government employers, UNISON General Secretary, Dave Prentis said:

More than 500,000 local government workers took strike action today (16 July), against a 2.45% below inflation pay offer. Thousands of schools closed,

and town halls, refuse collections and libraries were severely disrupted. The workers, members of UNISON, the UK

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Three giant bill-boards, demanding fair pay for Local Government workers, were delivered to the Local Government Association today (10 July). The boards signed by MPs and Glastonbury festival-goers – including Tony Benn and Billy Bragg

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