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Local government employees are entering the third year of\r\npay freeze, while purchasing power deteriorates. Unions have expressed outrage\r\nat learning that even the lowest paid employees will not receive increases to\r\ncompensate for loss of purchasing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>English:\u003Cspan class=\"CM5Char2\">\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">http\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">:\u002F\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">www\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">unison\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">org\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">uk\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">asppresspack\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">\u002F\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">pressrelease\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">_\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">view\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">.\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">asp\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">?\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">id\u003C\u002Fa>\u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.unison.org.uk\u002Fasppresspack\u002Fpressrelease_view.asp?id=2617\">=2617\u003C\u002Fa>\u003C\u002Fspan>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>\u003Cbr\u002F>\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem>This\r\narticle was published in the Collective Bargaining Newsletter. It aims\r\nto facilitate information exchange between trade unions and to support\r\nthe work of ETUC's collective bargaining committee.\u003C\u002Fem> For more information, please contact the\r\neditor Jan Cremers, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies (AIAS) \u003Ca href=\"mailto:cbn-aias@uva.nl\">cbn-aias@uva.nl\u003C\u002Fa> or the communications\r\nofficer at the ETUI, Mariya Nikolova \u003Ca href=\"mailto:mnikolova@etui.org\">mnikolova@etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>. All rights reserved. The ETUI is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp class=\"discreet\">\u003Cem> For previous issues of\r\nthe \u003C\u002Fem>\u003Cem>Collective bargaining newsletter,\r\nplease visit \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\" target=\"_blank\">http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002FE-Newsletters\u002FCollective-bargaining-newsletter\u003C\u002Fa>. You may find further information on the ETUI at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.etui.org\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.etui.org\u003C\u002Fa>, and on the AIAS at \u003Ca href=\"http:\u002F\u002Fwww.uva-aias.net\u002F\" target=\"_blank\">www.uva-aias.net\u003C\u002Fa>. © ETUI aisbl, Brussels 2012. To unsubscribe,\r\nplease contact Mariya Nikolova.\u003C\u002Fem>\u003C\u002Fp>\n","light",{"text":43,"link":44},"Contact us",{"title":43,"url":45,"description":43,"rel":46,"type":47,"id":48},"\u002Fabout\u002Fcontact","follow","internal",24590,[],[],[],[],[],false,"\u002Fwork\u002Fliving-wages\u002Fcontact-us","\u003Cp>Welcome to WageIndicator. Same organisation, same information, new look!\u003C\u002Fp>"]