UPDATE ON PAY BALLOT

The Local Government Committee have considered the outcome of recent ballot on Pay.  Members voted to accept the new proposals from CoSLA by 70.8% to 29.2%.

It was agreed that this result concluded pay for 2014, branches and members are to be congratulated at the pressure that was brought to bear on the employers to force them to improve upon their original offer. The strength and influence of UNISON was very clearly demonstrated, given that the GMB and Unite unions played no part in this dispute. UNISON will be writing formally to the employers accepting the new proposal.

However no sooner has pay for this year been settled, then it is time to lodge our claim for next year. The Local Government Chairs Group met on Monday 10th November to consider how best to consult branches on what next year’s claim should look like.

We will also seek to draw up a joint trade union side claim along with the GMB and Unite and hope that next year’s pay negotiations can be conducted as a joint trade union side with a common purpose of seeking to improve our member’s pay.

Further information on next year’s pay consultation will be issued soon.