Dan Peters 07 August 2023

Pay dispute to stretch into autumn

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The local government pay dispute is destined to stretch into the autumn as trade union Unite warned ‘coordinated industrial action’ was ‘inevitable’.

Two of the three local government unions need to agree the pay offer for it to be implemented, but Unite and GMB are expected to continue the dispute for the rest of the summer and autumn.

Senior Unite representatives from councils across England and Wales decided at a meeting last week to pursue their pay dispute with the national employers.

Workplace representatives at 17 councils will now decide what action they wish to take after nearly 3,000 workers voted for strike action over pay.

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