UNIONS have written to local government bosses “firmly rejecting” a 3.3 per cent pay offer and calling for urgent “meaningful negotiations” unless they want strikes.Unison, Unite and GMB, which represent trade unions on the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Services, were responding to a “final offer” by employers made on April 1.A joint letter signed by the union’s secretaries — Unison’s Mike Short, Unite’s Clare Keogh and Kevin Brandstatter of GMB — said: “All three unions firmly reject this pay offer.

UNIONS have written to local government bosses “firmly rejecting” a 3.3 per cent pay offer and calling for urgent “meaningful negotiations” unless they want strikes.

Unison, Unite and GMB, which represent trade unions on the National Joint Council (NJC) for Local Government Services, were responding to a “final offer” by employers made on April 1.

A joint letter signed by the union’s secretaries — Unison’s Mike Short, Unite’s Clare Keogh and Kevin Brandstatter of GMB — said: “All three unions firmly reject this pay offer.

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