Trade union Unison has warned of future strike action unless local government employers improve their pay offer.
Unison is to ballot for industrial action among the 400,000 council and school staff it represents in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after 79% of members who took part in a month-long consultation voted to reject the 1.75% offer.
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