The biggest union for school support staff is preparing to ballot members on potential strike action over pay, warning employers’ offer for the next financial year “falls short of what’s needed”.
Unison announced the move less than a fortnight after local government employers offered maintained school and wider council workforces a £1,925 hike from April in annual pay talks.
Local authority chiefs today repeated their warning last month that it was “full and final offer”. They are “disappointed all three unions have rejected the offer”.
The sum is similar to the deal offered last year, amounting to around 9 per cent for the lowest-paid and 4 per cent for the highest-paid staff covered by the agreement.
