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‘Modernising Pay’: Consultation Meetings
Dear colleagues,
You should all have received details by now from the
Council highlighting how their proposals will impact
on your base pay and explaining what other changes they
wish to make to your Terms and Conditions.
This set of proposals comes after years of discussion
with the Trade Unions with many changes to them along
the way, however the proposals as they stand do fall
some way short of our expectations, with many members
losing financially and many others not getting the increase
in their pay that we anticipated.
We now need to consult with all our members in order
that we may reflect your views on all the proposals
back to the Council with the aim of trying to further
improve the package on offer.
We have arranged consultation meetings for which time
off has been approved by the Council centrally and your
local management should allow you to attend one of the
meetings listed overleaf.
The range in times of the meetings should allow the
majority of our members to attend if they wish to,we
will also do our best to arrange ad hoc meetings if
there is a demand for it.
APPEALS
We have been contacted by many members wishing to Appeal
against their Grading, however the Council have said
they will only accept appeals after implementation in
April 2010.
Furthermore you will need to have sight of your Job
Evaluation Score and how it was calculated in order
to be able to appeal We have advised the Council that
they need to issue those details to staff prior to April
next year and preferably much sooner than that in order
to give staff an opportunity to examine their score
and prepare their appeal.
Finally we have requested that the trade unions and
the Council develop a standard pro forma for the submission
of appeals in order that the process can be as smooth
as possible.
BALLOTS
We are aware that our sister union Unite are currently
balloting a limited number of their members for industrial
action. However,UNISON has the largest trade union membership
in the Council and as a result we have a diverse and
widely spread membership of about 8,000 people.
Before any decisions are taken on balloting members
on the proposals and /or industrial action we want to
consult as widely as we can with all our members In
addition we are still having the proposals analysed
by UNISON's equalities experts.
However, UNISON has secured an agreement from the Council
that, should there be strike action, our members who
do not wish to cross any picket line at their workplace
will not be disciplined but will be treated as if they
were taking part in the strike and have their wages
deducted accordingly.
Furthermore we would request that you do not carry
out duties or responsibilities that are ordinarily carried
out by a striking member of staff and if you encounter
any difficulties with management in respect of this
please contact your local steward or the Branch Office
immediately.
Kevin Duguid Service
Conditions Co-ordinator
& Joint Employees Side Secretary
Single Status
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