Unions
have reiterated threats for a ‘summer of disruption’ if local government
employers don’t meet pay claims.
The
unions say local government employers are refusing to compromise over staff
claims for a 6 per cent annual pay rise.
Next
month staff will be balloted on industrial action over the employers’ offer of
a 3 per cent annual pay increase. Unions are demanding an increase of 6 per
cent or £1,750 – whichever is greater.
Bill
Morris, general secretary of the T&G, said: "Our claim is just and
must be met. By your intransigent attitude you have managed to march your
workers to the top of the hill of despair.
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"Make
no mistake they are not there to admire the view. Only a just offer to our
claim will avoid a summer of disruption."
