A
strike planned by local council employees on 14 August has been suspended
following talks at conciliation service Acas.
Two
days of talks ended last night after Acas put together a backdated pay deal.
Unions
have agreed to suspend all further strike action and will now put the package
to their members.
Council
workers staged a 24-hour walkout last month after management refused to meet
union demands for a 6 per cent staff pay rise, offering 3 per cent instead.
Acas
is recommending a staggered two-year pay deal that will result in wage rises
ranging from 7.7 per cent to 10.9 per cent for the lowest paid.
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Jack
Dromey from the Transport Workers’ Union, welcomed the deal. "An army of
low paid, part-time, female workers will crash through the £5 a hour
barrier," he said.
