Unions in local government rejected the employers’ offer of a 0.5% pay increase for 2009 arguing that many local authorities had already budgeted for higher increases and contrasting it with the high pay increases awarded to top management in the sector.
Read more at > UNISON (EN)
And at > GMB (EN)
Local government employers offer 0.5%
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