Pay consultation starts on 20 October

UNISON members are about to be consulted on the latest NJC pay proposals for local government and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
The consultation will begin on Monday 20 October. In line with the consultation procedures agreed by the union's local government conference, UNISON branches are being asked to carry out local ballots of all members whose pay is determined by the NJC, including those who were not included in the ballot for industrial action.
The joint union and management secretaries of the national joint council local government services (the NJC) will meet on Monday (13 October) to agree pay calculations for consultation.
UNISON will make detailed information on their implications for members available after the
meeting.
At a branch meeting today WOlverhampton Branch agreed to write to all members outlining the branch committees view of the office , that it is a very poor offer that comes nowhere our aspirations
for a personal view of the offer see here
In the meantime, an outline of the proposals for 2014-16 is available for members below.

NJC - outline of new proposals  

INDUSTRIAL ACTION TUESDAY 14th OCT
SUSPENDED SUSPENDED SUSPENDED!
following a 'proposal' being made by the employers our national negotiating committee voted yesterday (9th) to suspend the strike in order that members can be consulted on the 'offer'.
further information will be posted as the branch receives it

Unions to escalate pay strike action in October

Unions representing over a million local government workers – GMB, UNISON and Unite – have agreed to escalate their dispute over pay with a campaign running into the autumn.

The three unions have agreed that their members will run a co-ordinated strike of their local government and school members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Tuesday 14 October. UNISON will not proceed with strike action on 30 September.

The strike will be just a few days before the TUC organised national demonstration on 18 October calling for decent pay.

Local government workers have suffered three years of a pay freeze, followed by a below inflation pay deal and have now been offered a paltry 1%.  They have seen their pay reduced in value by 20%since 2010. This resulted in a one day strike on 10 July.

No further talks have taken place since that date, despite the unions offering to go to the Government’s arbitration andconciliation service.

UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield, said:

“Employers and Government must be left in no doubt that we are serious in this dispute.  As sister unions, we stand together to make sure that our members are treated with decency and respect. Our members cannot afford to carry on propping up local services through their pay packets.  Many are low paid women who are being forced to resort to food banks and payday loan sharks just to survive.  We need to put the heart back into local government by paying a living wage.”
 

UNISON vote to strike on Pay July 10th!
along with other unions in local government and the NUT (teachers union) the PCS (civil service union) and the FBU , UNISON members have decided they are no longer prepared to watch their standard of living plummet through years on low pay rises and pay freezes!
all UNISON members should support the strike for more read here