- Conference
- 2018 Health Care Service Group Conference
- Date
- 6 December 2017
- Decision
- Carried
Conference congratulates the Scottish Health Committee on a successful Scrap the Cap campaign which has led to the Scottish Government publicly announcing an end to their 1% public sector pay policy.
Conference notes that this was down to the organisation within branches by both activists and members which included the Scrap the Cap Facebook page with over 7000 members that led to demonstrations at Health Board Accountability Reviews; a Pay Review Body evidence gathering session in the Scottish Borders and Scottish Parliament and Conservative constituency offices. These were followed up by a fair pay not scare pay Halloween event and a Christmas card campaign aimed at MSPs.
These events were followed up by a highly successful march and rally in Edinburgh on October 7 2017, where thousands of Health workers accompanied by their families took to the streets before enjoying a free family fun day.
Conference believes that member led participation is vital if we are to ensure that the pay cap is scrapped and not simply scraped!
To that end Conference calls on the Service Group Health Executive and Devolution Working Group to have a review of the work done in the four countries on pay and to ensure best practice is followed in any future campaigns.