Public sector unions are considering industrial action in response to the government’s proposal to increase pay by only 2% from 1 April. After the latest negotiations, involving 11 public sector unions, the union negotiating committee unanimously rejected the government’s offer and continued to insist on a 4% base increase from 1 April and the resumption of negotiations at the end of May on a base increase in the second part of the year. The unions said it was unacceptable that the government is effectively reducing the real wages of workers who carried the heaviest burden during the pandemic.
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