UNISON’s negotiating team had made it very clear that after years of real terms pay cuts (25% of the value of your pay since 2010) and the work done by our members throughout Covid, we needed a serious offer. And this isn’t it! Right now we are consulting our members...
Councils in England, Wales and Scotland are grappling with huge budget deficits totalling £3.09bn for the next financial year*, according to research published by UNISON today (Wednesday). The record shortfall in 2022/23 will lead to huge service and staff cuts at...
The trade unions’ claim and the final pay offer In February 2021, the NJC Trade Union Side submitted the following one-year pay claim for 2021/22: A substantial increase, with a minimum of 10% on all spinal column points, from 1 April 2021. The Trade Union Side also...
The NJC Executive met last week to further discuss the Employers’ final offer of a 1.75% pay increase for 2021. If you are a regular reader you will know that that is just 0.25% above what they offered us weeks ago and the detail doesn’t add much either; 2.75% for...
About 400 staff attended a question and answer session with the senior management team of Plymouth City Council Not much of the information would be new to Reps but it would be interesting to know how others reacted to these highlights Information as presented is...
