Members of the three local government unions, UNISON, UNITE & the GMB have voted to accept an improved pay offer for the 2009/2010 pay round.
The offer, 1.25% for those earning between £6.22 and £7.10 an hour and 1% above £7.10 pence, followed months of negotiation with the local government employers. A quarter of the workforce will also get an extra day annual leave, and the employers have committed to putting a national redundancy agreement in place by 1 December 2009.
Heather Wakefield, Brian Strutton and Peter Allenson, the three NJC Joint Secretaries said:
ÒAcceptance of the offer comes at a time when our members are facing daily threats to jobs and services. They are providing vital council services with the threat of redundancy constantly hanging over them. This vote reflects that threat. We will now be working hard to show the public and service users how much our members do Ð for so little Ð in the run-up to next yearÕs negotiations.
Notes to editors:
*Scale points 4-10 are earn between £11,961 – £13,336 (scale points 0-3 no longer exist). This includes people working as admin staff, care staff, support staff and trainee staff.
*Scale points 11- 49 earn between £14,197 – £41,083 This includes staff working as welfare assistants, day centre officers, social workers and staff working in environmental health.
