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Council workers across Britain to ballot on strike action
MORE than 400,000 refuse, housing and care staff, employed by councils across Britain, are to ballot for strike action over pay.
Members of unions Unison and Unite employed in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have rejected a pay offer of £1,290 flat rate or 2.5 per cent, whichever is higher.
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