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04-Mar-22, 22:11
The Caithness Business Index (http://www.caithness-business.co.uk) has posted the following article:
Insulting pay offer could turn "cost-of-living crisis into a catastrophe" for tens of thousands of local government workers
GMB Scotland will launch a consultative ballot of its entire local government membership next week, asking if workers are prepared to take industrial action against an "insulting" pay offer tabled by the council employers' organisation COSLA. The union's local government reps today (Friday 4 March) rejected out of hand a 2 per cent across the board increase for 2022/23, warning it could turn the growing cost-of-living crisis into a catastrophe for the lowest paid workers in Scottish councils. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/16224)]
Insulting pay offer could turn "cost-of-living crisis into a catastrophe" for tens of thousands of local government workers
GMB Scotland will launch a consultative ballot of its entire local government membership next week, asking if workers are prepared to take industrial action against an "insulting" pay offer tabled by the council employers' organisation COSLA. The union's local government reps today (Friday 4 March) rejected out of hand a 2 per cent across the board increase for 2022/23, warning it could turn the growing cost-of-living crisis into a catastrophe for the lowest paid workers in Scottish councils. [Read Full Article (https://caithness-business.co.uk/article/16224)]