TWO major unions are to recommend its members in North Ayrshire Council reject a new pay offer.
Unison and Unite will recommend that it’s local government members reject the latest revised pay offer from COSLA when they ballot members in the next few weeks.
COSLA have offered a 3% pay increase for all local government workers earning up to £80,000.
However after 8 months of campaigning and talks by UNISON, they will recommend rejection.
Carol Ball, vice chair of UNISON local government committee said: “UNISON has worked hard to get where we are, but this revised offer does very little for the lowest paid workers like care workers and support for learning assistants. These workers rightly feel they have taken the brunt of austerity over the last 10 years.”
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