George Osborne has raised the issue of local public sector pay bargaining which could see nurses, teachers, and council workers paid different rates in different parts of the country.

Council workers in the North East and Cumbria take more days off sick on average than private sector employees.

Telegraph View: Council workers in the North East could have wasted time more creatively than calling the speaking clock.

Council workers could be forced to take a week's unpaid leave each year as part of radical plans to minimise job losses, it emerged yesterday.

Council workers could be forced to take a week’s unpaid leave each year as part of radical plans to minimise job losses, it emerged yesterday. They’ll whine about it at the same time as they praise Germany’s reaction to the recession: making lots of people work part time for less money. It’s exactly the same

Council workers in Birmingham are set to become the first to have their jobs outsourced to India.

I have just sent a solidarity message to Tower Hamlets Council staff and teachers and would encourage others to do so as well - it is vital that we support activists fighting back particularly when they are able to coordinate unified action between different trade unions. Just shows it can be done :) Congrats and good luck! More info below... MJ No to cuts and redundancies...Support Tower Hamlets ...

As I blogged last week today UNISON and UNITE members are taking co-ordinated strike action against pay cuts, in April, the City Council issued dismissal notices to all City Council workers in order to enforce pay cuts of up 15%! Solidarity to those striking today my branch have sent a message of solidarity and a cheque for the strike fund and I encourage others to ask branches to do the same. Let...

So Labour leader Carwyn Jones is acting as intermediate between Labour controlled RCT and Labour's main financial fatted cow the GMB union. These action are not for the low paid workers and their families. This is to make sure the RCT voters don't blame Labour assembly candidates for Labour councillors plans for job cutting. Guarantee wouldn't be happening if it was a local council ...

ALMOST 10,000 council workers are facing the axe in Scotland, according to new figures.