Local government employers make final offer

U.K.

Local government unions in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have been given a final offer by employers in this year's negotiations. This includes a 1% pay increase for all workers backdated to 1 April 2013 followed by abolition of the lowest point on the pay scale from 1 October 2013. This would mean around 28000 mainly women, part-time workers moving up the scale and would represent an additional increase for them of 1.4%. Unions are consulting over what would be the first pay increase after three years of pay freeze which has seen workers' pay eroded by around 16% by inflation.
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