Council workers at 35 schools across Birmingham have voted in support of strike action over the ongoing equal pay claims issue.
The union GMB accused Birmingham City Council of delaying the settlement of the multi-million-pound equal pay bill that has been accrued by the local authority.
‘Almost a year since council bosses admitted an equal pay bill as high as £760m, not one single women worker has received the money they're owed,’ said GMB Organiser Alice Reynolds.
‘Birmingham City Council owe GMB members money after years of stolen wages, the equal pay crisis only ends when our members claims are settled.’
A council spokesperson said the local authority was committed to resolving the issue and had begun work on a new approach to job evaluation to settle Birmingham’s equal pay issues ‘once and for all’.
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