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Derby City Council Job Evaluation update – Non Schools

Further to the job evaluation update on Thursday 31 July regarding the Hay Job Evaluation Scheme, UNISO has sent a letter to the leader of the council, requesting a complete suspension of the appeals process, until such a time that the requested information is provided to our members.

We will update you on any response.

If you are a member and wish to see a copy of this letter then please contact the branch and we will provide you with a copy.

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Cricket Ticket for LV = County Championship prize draw

We thank all of you who participated in our prize draw for tickets to see Derbyshire play their last two home games of the season.

We had a 105 take part and can now announce that the winners, picked out randomly by our Health & Safety Committee, are:

Hannah Fuller
Sarah Howe
Natalie Bamford
Martin Kettle
Sally Greatorex.

The winners have already been contacted by email asking them to confirm their address details.

Thank you LV=, sponsors of the County Championship, for giving us these tickets for our members.  Please see the below Car Insurance leaflet.

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Unions escalate pay strike action in October

Unison’s NJC Committee met yesterday to consider plans for industrial action, following the strike on 10 July and its earlier decision to follow this with further action on 30 September.

The Committee agreed that maintaining unity between the three local government unions – GMB, Unite and UNISON, other sectors within UNISON and other public sector unions is crucial to achieving an improved pay offer for our members.

The NJC Committee therefore agreed not to proceed with strike action on 30 September and to seek approval from the Industrial Action Committee for all-out strike action on 14 October. This has the agreement of GMB and Unite and will coincide with the week of action planned by the NHS unions over pay.

Please see below for the latest press release:

“Unions representing over a million local government workers – GMB, UNISON and Unite – have agreed to escalate their dispute over pay with a campaign running into the autumn.

The three unions have agreed that their members will run a co-ordinated strike of their local government and school members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland on Tuesday 14 October.

The strike will be just a few days before the TUC organised national demonstration on 18 October calling for decent pay.

Local government workers have suffered three years of a pay freeze, followed by a below inflation pay deal and have now been offered a paltry 1%.  They have seen their pay reduced in value by 20%since 2010. This resulted in a one day strike on 10 July.

No further talks have taken place since that date, despite the unions offering to go to the Government’s arbitration and conciliation service.

UNISON Head of Local Government, Heather Wakefield, said:

“Employers and Government must be left in no doubt that we are serious in this dispute.  As sister unions, we stand together to make sure that our members are treated with decency and respect. Our members cannot afford to carry on propping up local services through their pay packets.  Many are low paid women who are being forced to resort to food banks and payday loan sharks just to survive.  We need to put the heart back into local government by paying a living wage.”

GMB National Secretary, Brian Strutton, said:

“Our members in GMB, UNISON and Unite expect us to maximise our joint effectiveness and that’s why we are announcing thenext strike together. Our members deserve a fair pay deal and we have to fight together to achieve that. Council leaders should reconsider their parsimonious pay offer and do the right thing by their staff.”

Unite National Officer, Fiona Farmer, said:

Local government workers have had years of real pay cuts, working harder to deliver vital local services while being paid less and struggling to make ends meet. Low paid members unable to afford basis essentials are having to choose between heating and eating. On 1st October the National Minimum Wage will overtake local government pay scales, we need Fair Pay not Poverty Pay.”

Local Government workers taking strike action include care workers, librarians, cleaners, environmental health officers, street cleaners, home carers, parks and recreation workers, teaching assistants and school meals workers and refuse workers. “