Unions reject low increases for council and university workers

U.K.

Public sector unions organising in local government and higher education have formally rejected employer offers to increase pay by 0.5% and 0.3%. Unions representing the 1.3 million employees in local government have rejected the 0.5% pay offer despite a threat from the employers that they would withdraw the offer if it wasn’t accepted by 1 June. In higher education employers posed pay increases against job security but then refused to discuss a job security agreement with unions.
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