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26/07/2002
District councils up pay offer to workers
Northern Ireland's 26 district councils have improved their pay offer for the lowest-paid council workers ahead of talks at the conciliation service Acas.
Employers will present their offer on Friday having signed up to a national deal that guarantees no council worker should earn less than £5 an hour. In real terms this equates to a 10p per hour increase on employers' previous 3% pay rise offer.
However, the new arrangement is thought to be conditional on the acceptance of a two-year pay deal.
This latest offer follows last week's one-day strike in protest at low pay across Northern Ireland, England and Wales which caused massive disrupted and closed many council services.
A second strike is planned for August 14 with a third also set for September.
Around 277,000 council employees in Northern Ireland, England and Wales currently earn less than the £5 an hour threshold.
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Employers will present their offer on Friday having signed up to a national deal that guarantees no council worker should earn less than £5 an hour. In real terms this equates to a 10p per hour increase on employers' previous 3% pay rise offer.
However, the new arrangement is thought to be conditional on the acceptance of a two-year pay deal.
This latest offer follows last week's one-day strike in protest at low pay across Northern Ireland, England and Wales which caused massive disrupted and closed many council services.
A second strike is planned for August 14 with a third also set for September.
Around 277,000 council employees in Northern Ireland, England and Wales currently earn less than the £5 an hour threshold.
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