Council building workers to strike over pay

More than a thousand local government craftworkers will take strike action later this month in a dispute over pay and conditions.
The strikers – who predominantly undertake local authority housing maintenance and repair work – are employed at Bristol, Southwark, Stoke-on-Trent, Newham, Leeds and Babergh and Mid Suffolk councils.
The workers will strike on 17,18, 23 and 24 June following the latest local government pay offer to Red Book workers.Employers offered a 3.2% increase linked