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Well done to the Plymouth in UNISON members that were stars of South West TUC’s Fair Pay for key workers lobby of MPs last week. If you’ve not seen it please watch below, and if you can’t see your MP on the screen do share this with them

Get councils and councillors to back our campaign Next
For those of you on the NJC pay scales it is crucial we maximise political pressure on local employers – as well as nationally – during this period.

We need to make clear to councils that our members urgently need a pay increase.
We know councils face a substantial funding gap, due to 10 years of austerity along with the impact of Covid and the Government’s failure to deliver on its promise to support
councils through the pandemic. So we want councils to call on the National Employers to make urgent representations to the UK Government for additional funding to meet our 10%
claim. If councils want to show their support for their own employees, they need to join us in demanding more money from Westminster.
A Joint Trade Union Side model council motion on NJC pay is available, for you to get councillors to discuss and support.

Click here to download the motion: https://www.unison.org.uk/content/uploads/2021/02/council-motion-in-support-of-2021-pay-campaign.docx

We have also produced an ‘email your councillor’ tool. Members can put in their address and the website generates an email to their local councillors, making clear the key points
of our pay campaign. Members can amend and personalise the email before they send it.
Click here to access the ‘email your councillor’ tool: https://action.unison.org.uk/page/47685/action/1 

On 18 February, the National Employers wrote to inform the trade unions that they would not be able to consider the outcome of regional briefings, and what pay offer they can
make, until after the local elections on 6th May.
The trade unions have responded, expressing our dismay at this, and asking them to enter discussions with us about how we can move things along more quickly. We pointed
out that local authorities already know what their financial situation for 2021/22 is – the local elections won’t change that. Meanwhile, our members are left hanging, not knowing
what pay offer is going to be made, while continuing to put themselves on the front line of the efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic.

You can read the joint trade union press release about this here: https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2021/02/unions-dismayed-delays-pay-rise-decision-%e2%80%8bcouncil-school-workers/