A planned strike by local government and school staff in Enfield has been suspended.
Public sector unions UNISON, GMB and UNITE have decided to suspend the strike over a claimed 18 per cent cut in wages since 2010, and a three-year pay freeze and a below inflation pay rise of one per cent last year.
A joint statement from the three unions reads: “The unions have today decided to suspend strike action planned for October 14 and consult their members on new proposals put forward by the Local Government Association as the best achievable by negotiation.
“The proposals cover the period from April 1, 2014 to March 31 2016.
“In doing so, all three unions have made it clear that they want to strengthen the collective bargaining machinery covering local government and schools and move quickly to jointly tackle important issues facing their members with the Local Government Association.
“Members covered by the National Joint Council for Local Government have the lowest pay in the public sector and have suffered significant attacks on their conditions of work in recent years.”
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