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(25/11/09) Unions ask for 3% or £600 rise from April 2010
(15/10/09) Refuse strike approaches seventh week
(18/05/09) Local government unions lobby pay talks over 0.5% pay offer - 3p for the lowest paid staff.
(13/05/09) Joint unions say no to college employers’ offer of just 1%, with no underpinning for low paid workers
(08/04/2009) Employers urged to open meaningful negotiations
(07/04/09) Unions meet after 'bitterly disappointing' offer
(01/04/09) "A great achievement – but we can do better," says Prentis on 10th anniversary
(30/03/09) Hampshire college increases minimum wage to £6.96 an hour
(03/03/09) Unions welcome extra 0.3% in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
(29/01/09) Community service supervisors demonstrate outside Sheriff Court
(27/01/09) But LRD says overall rate of pay increases is steady at 3.5%
(14/01/09) UNISON, GMB and UNITE call for increase of 'at least' inflation level