The three unions representing more than 1m council workers, UNISON, GMB and the T&G section of Unite, have today (16 July) written to the employers formally registering a dispute over this year’s miserly 2% pay offer.
The unions made it clear that members will be balloted on industrial action if the employers don’t make an improved offer in the near future.
UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield said: