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Derby City Council – Suspension of Director of Resources – UNISON Response

Responding to rumours that the suspension of the City Council’s Director of Resources is connected to the Job Evaluation process conducted by the Council, David Jowett, Assistant Branch Secretary at UNISON said:

“Quite frankly we would not be surprised if this is the reason.  UNISON has on a number of occasions raised issues regarding the lack of transparency of the whole process.  Getting the relevant information from the Council has, on many occasions, been extremely difficult and still we are meeting members who have absolutely no idea how their new grades have been arrived at.

We have held a series of very well attended meetings with members to help them with their appeals and the more and more we see of the results given to staff, the more and more we are realising that there seems to be a huge element of inconsistency in approach.”

Andy Freeman, UNISON Regional Organiser said:

“It would seem to us that the Job Evaluation process followed at Derby City Council has been solely driven by the need to save money rather than an attempt to provide an equality-proofed pay system.  I asked, last year, for information regarding the scheme in order that we could analyse the whole results to satisfy ourselves that it was fit for purpose, as I have done in every other Council across the region.  Only Derby has refused to share that information with us and you have to ask why?”

Andy went on:

“Obviously we would hope that if indeed the rumours are correct and the Job Evaluation is connected to this suspension then I would expect the Council to halt the proposed implementation in schools, which is timetabled for next April, and conduct a full and proper investigation into what exactly has happened.” 

For further comment contact David Jowett on 01332 643216/217 or Andy Freeman on 07904 326824

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Thank you – from Derby City Branch

Derby City Branch would like to thank all of our members that took part in the industrial action on 10 July 2014. We would also like to thank all of our members that attended our Rally on the Market Place as well as those that took part in any Picket Lines.

Hopefully this is the first step to get the national group of employers back to the table to talk about our National Pay Claim. All our members in Local Government are worth more than the 1% that we have been offered and the 20% pay cut that we have received in real terms since this coalition came into power. UNISON will continue to campaign on your behalf to try and ensure that you all get the pay rise that you all deserve.

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Industrial action over pay

The recent ballot for industrial action over NJC pay has closed and the results are as follows:

Voting FOR strike action: 49,836 (58.7%)

Voting AGAINST strike action 35,062 (41.3%)

UNISON nationally has confirmed that its local government and school support staff members in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will be taking one day of strike action on 10 July in support of better pay.

There will be three main picket lines in Derby on the day:

Stores Road Depot 05:00- 09:30
The Council House 07:45-11:00
Middleton House 07:45-11-00

If any of these locations are your workplace you can join the picket line there. If you and your colleagues wish to have a picket line at your workplace that isn’t one of these three, please contact the branch office and we can help to facilitate this.

RALLY FOR PUBLIC SERVICES IN DERBY

On 10th July, we need to show the public that we deserve decent pay. We would request that all members taking action attend our “Rally for Public Services” in the Market Square between 11:00-13:00 as to get our message across effectively. There will be speakers and entertainment throughout the rally as well as activities and games.

FAQs about Industrial action can be found HERE: http://www.unison.org.uk/njc-14-30
If you have any further queries about industrial action please don’t hesitate to contact the branch.

We hope that all members will join us in the action that we came to via your union’s democratic processes. Remember: You, your colleagues an your family are ALL worth more than 1%