The UNISON
Active blog last
week set out why the pay proposals from the local government employers were
not worthy of serious consideration with somewhat greater brevity than regular
readers will have found on this blog.
UNISON’s
National Joint Council (NJC) Committee decided to reject the proposals for
three reasons, only one of which was the technicality that the proposals were
not an offer.
The other
reasons were that the lump sum element failed even to amount to the back pay
due to many members on the 1% previously offered from 1 April, and that the
overall percentage increase on a two year
deal was inadequate.
There are
those in our movement who, for whatever reason, want to bring an end to our pay
dispute. Whatever their real reasons, no one with a clue as to what is going on
believes that it is essential that members are “consulted” on such proposals
(even if they became an offer).
To date
there is no basis whatsoever for the NJC Committee to revisit its decision to
proceed with action on 14 October. If the “proposals” re-emerge as an offer,
perhaps with an increase in the “lump sum” unconsolidated payment, some may
argue that the decision should be reconsidered.
That would
be wrong.
Now I’ll
stop writing this, and you stop reading it, and we’ll get on with building
support for strike action a week today.
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