Industrial relations
Union backs strike at Brum
GMB trade union members at Birmingham City Council have voted overwhelmingly to support strike action over perceived delays in settling equal pay claims.
Rayner floats three-year pay deal
An incoming Labour Government could throw its weight behind a longer-term pay deal for the sector to avoid the embarrassment of strikes, well-placed sources have suggested.
Northern Ireland gripped by largest strike in 50 years
Eighty per cent of Northern Ireland’s public sector workers have walked out in a pay dispute – the biggest strike in the country for 50 years.
New offer in pay dispute
More money has been offered in the hope of averting strike action by Scottish Unison members.
Council chiefs to receive 3.5% pay increase
Local authority chief executives will receive a 3.5% salary increase backdated to the beginning of April after agreement was reached on this year’s pay award.
Birmingham agrees job evaluation scheme
Birmingham City Council has agreed to implement a new job evaluation scheme in a major step towards meeting its £750m equal pay liabilities.
EXCLUSIVE: Unions delay next steps discussion
Trade unions have agreed to reconvene to discuss their next steps on the ongoing pay dispute within days of GMB’s strike ballots closing, The MJ understands.
Pay dispute to stretch into autumn
The local government pay dispute is destined to stretch into the autumn as trade union Unite warned ‘coordinated industrial action’ was ‘inevitable’.
Chiefs reject pay offer
Senior officers have formally rejected the ‘full and final’ pay offer tabled by employers.
'Widespread industrial action' warning
Trade union Unite has warned the Scottish Government and employers there ‘could be widespread industrial action’ without a ‘significant increase’ to the current pay offer.
COSLA 'disappointment' as pay offer rejected
Trade unions have voted to reject a pay offer put forward by the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA).
EXCLUSIVE: Employers criticise union timetable after offer rejection
Local government employers have criticised Unison’s timetable for consulting its members on industrial action after all three unions rejected their pay offer.
Chiefs match main unions' pay claim
Senior council officers this week joined frontline trade unions in submitting an above-inflation pay claim for 2023-24.
Coventry's budget gap widened by strikes
Strike action by bin lorry drivers has cost Coventry City Council more than £7m.
'Fierce resistance' to threatened strike clampdown
Any attempt by new Prime Minister Liz Truss to outlaw strikes will be met with ‘fierce resistance,’ trade union Unite has warned.
COSLA raises pay offer
An improved offer of a 5% pay increase looks unlikely to halt industrial action by council workers in Scotland.
Sturgeon urges councils to increase pay offer
Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has intervened in the council worker pay dispute, urging employers to increase their offer.
Scottish strikes loom as councils prepare improved offer
Local government strikes loom in Scotland as councils attempt to put together an improved pay offer.
Unions 'not looking for a fight'
Union bosses have denied they are pursuing a ‘summer of discontent’ after rejecting a pay offer for local government workers.
4 wheel drive woman on... strikes
Gosh Tarquin, one just can’t move these days without bumping into a picket line.