Summary
Trade unions may be acting unlawfully if they call further strikes over Birmingham City Council's controversial salary shake- up without putting an improved offer to a formal ballot, a senior politician warned last night.
Alan Rudge, the human resources cabinet member responsible for implementing the single status pay and grading review, said it was "doubtful" whether unions could rely on a show of hands at workplace meetings as a mandate for continued industrial action.See the full content of this document
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Unions Must Hold Council Ballot ; Politics
He was speaking hours after new contracts for 40,000 council employees came into force, marking the start of a slimmed-down seven- grade wages system.
But the lar...See the full content of this document
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