U.K.
Local government unions (UNISON, GMB and Unite) have declared a dispute with the employers following the employers' failure to come up with a pay offer for 2014-2015. The unions have submitted a claim for an increase of £1.20 (€1.45) an hour which they say will go some way to begin restoring the 18% loss of purchasing power for municipal workers over the last four years.
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And at > Unite
The 2008 pay increase for local government workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be 2.75% following a process of binding arbitration overseen by Acas, the conciliation and mediation service. Lower paid workers also get an extra £100 as agreed previously. The arbitration process delivered an extra 0.3% on top of what the employers had offered in 2008. Read more at > UNISON (EN)
Workers in local and provincial government are continuing their industrial action to win better pay offers from the employers. The action involves a range of short stoppages by different groups of workers across the country. A key demand of the unions is that municipal and provincial workers should be treated the same as other workers and get the increase in purchasing power negotiated as part of the national, cross-sectoral social accord. Unions argue that a pay freeze over the next two years will leave workers 6% worse off in terms of purchasing power. [Read more at > FNV Abvakabo (NL)->http
After more than three months of targeted industrial action unions in the local government sector have concluded in principle a new two-year agreement. The deal means increases of 1.5% this year and 0.5% next year. End of year bonuses will also go up by 0.5% with a higher increase for the lower paid. The agreement also includes a range of other elements including job security, measures to tackle workplace violence and initiatives on work-life balance. [Read more at > FNV Abvakabo (NL)->http://www.abvakabofnv.nl/nieuws/nieuws/principeakkoord-gemeenten] [And at > CNV Publieke Zaak (NL)->http:/
