Great Britain: defeated in the fight against council workers’ wage cuts, Unite and Unison help bring the Labor Party at the head of the Southampton council

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In mid-2011, the Conservative-run council instituted a 4.5% pay cut, a three-year pay freeze on cost-of-living increments, and a two-year freeze on annual increments. The choice facing council workers was to either accept the terms or face redundancy. Some 97% of council workers accepted the new terms of employment. 
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cil jobs. By Gregor Gall, Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), University of Hertfordshire. (Ref. 120298)

In mid-2011, the Conservative-run council instituted a 4.5% pay cut, a three-year pay freeze on cost-of-living increments, and a two-year freeze on annual increments. The choice facing council workers was to either accept the terms or face redundancy. Some 97% of council workers accepted the new terms of employment.

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