Thank you for your letter of 18 October to the former Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, the Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP, about local government spending. GMB will urge Local Government employers to get back round the table and improve the pay offer or GMB members will have no alternative but to begin preparing for an Industrial Action Campaign for Pay Justice. From 1 April 2023, the National Living Wage (NLW) will increase by 9.7 per cent to 10.42 an hour for workers aged 23 and over. IN GMB ALL MEMBERS HAVE A SAY ON THEIR PAY SO MAKE SURE DETAILS ARE UP TO DATE, GMB 2020, all rights reserved We will inform the employers of the result and are awaiting the outcome of the ballots of our sister unions. My sincere thanks for taking the trouble to make me aware of these concerns. 4.8 billion of new grant funding between 2022-23 and 2024-25, the largest annual increases in core funding for local authorities in over a decade. Terms and conditions I welcome the recommendations relating to teachers' terms and conditions. Local employers will be contacted immediately and advised to implement the pay offer. As a result, please keep an eye out for further bulletins as we fight for fair wages over the coming months. Each council takes into account a number of factors such as job size and local labour market conditions when deciding an employees salary. Council employees pay offer announced By Jessica Hill. 4. Local government employees will lose some of their backdated 2021 pay rise - because "protracted" union tactics mean it will be subject to April's national insurance increase. Organise a meeting to discuss pay and to build support for the pay ballot using our campaign resources. Policy paper. I would like to offer my apologies for the delayed response. Recent developments On 27 October 2021, the Autumn Budget and Spending Review 2021 announced that public sector workers would receive "fair and affordable" pay rises across the 2022/23 to 2024/25 Spending Review period. Rt Hon Simon Clarke MP The employers also propose that the NJC begins immediate exploratory discussions on three other elements of your claim, as follows: There was no support from councils for the offer to include three other elements of your claim, therefore the employers reject the following. "Local Government Employers refused to jointly make representation with the unions to the Chancellor on pay, which is frankly disgraceful. Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! On Mileage Allowances, the LGA has agreed to make representation to the HMRC. The National Employers have made a pay offer to the NJC unions. The cost of filling up a car is at record levels. Digital self-sufficiency allows all staff to contribute to a local authoritys shared, EMAP Publishing Limited Company number 7880758 (England & Wales) Registered address: 10th Floor, Southern House, Wellesley Grove, Croydon, CR0 1XG, We use cookies to personalize and improve your experience on our site. Your local GMB branch/office will be contacting you shortly to discuss the pay offer and let you know how you can vote in this important pay ballot Make sure you have your say on pay. The offer came despite the 2021-2022 public-sector pay freeze set out by chancellor Rishi . The response from the employers side was to refuse to do this having already stated that it was the final offer. Then in May, local government employers made a pay offer of 1.5% to council and school staff. I am replying as the Minister responsible for public spending. 12 January 2021. GMBs priority is to make sure your workplace is safe so please do get in touch if you are worried about lack of safety measures at work - publicservices@gmb.org.uk, 2. We are now entering into talks to make a collective pay claim for 2021-22 for all members in local government, and to do that, we need to hear from you: Members! GMB have asked National Joint Council (NJC) national employers across Local Government, Councils and Schools to join with the trade unions and make a joint approach to the Westminster Government, for more funding for Local Government pay. GMB Members have voted to reject the 1.75% pay offer set out by the NJC employers. GMB members, many of them in schools working with the most vulnerable pupils, deserve to be paid a decent wage and yet the local government workforce is on average the lowest paid. GMB launched a campaign to lobby councillors details of which can be found at its not too late we need to keep the pressure up: We are more than angry that elected officials from political parties are potentially suppressing the case to Government to boost the 2.75% pay offer. We represent over 500,000 working people. This contrasts with the minimum 10% rise which the unions submitted in a joint pay claim for last year. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic our Local Government, School and Council workers have continued to work tirelessly to keep the country going, working above and beyond the call of duty, putting themselves and their families at risk to support the effort against Covid-19. We would like to thank all members who took the time to vote and for the hard work of all the reps and branches in keeping members informed and working so hard to get the ballot out. Under the claim, the pay of the lowest paid workers would go above 10 per hour - lifting them above the real living wage of 9.50 per hour (outside London). 5. The real problem is the impact of the rise in the long term. Regional Directors14. Public sector workers and the people of our country deserve better. Councils benefit from Holyrood windfall. Your letter has been passed to HM Treasury. Your local GMB branch/office should have contacted you to discuss how you can vote in this ballot and how you can get active in your pay campaign to stop these pay cuts. Vote and vote YES for Strike Action/Action Short of a Strike. Feedback from those events was relayed to the National Employers, who met on 31 March and have spent the intervening weeks having the necessary discussions with their colleagues, and elsewhere, before meeting again today. Jon Richards, Rehana Azam, Jim Kennedy GMB is determined to do something about that. As a result of this position, we have held a meeting of the GMB NJC committee with a view of getting a way forward. You have more responsibility and stress than ever before, but your pay continues to stagnate. A 250 consolidated pay increase on pay points 7 to 18 (inclusive) on the PSC pay spine with effect from 1 September 2021 (to be backdated) A 2.1 per cent consolidated increase on pay. I understand that the National Joint Council has reached agreement on the Local Government Services pay offer for 2022-23. Wilko bosses should hang their heads in shame. Unions call for a 'substantial' pay rise for council and school workers Tuesday 16 February 2021 Three local government unions have submitted a pay claim for 2021/22, which they say begin s to redress a decade of cuts and recognise s the key role played in the pandemic by school and council staff. Pay is ultimately an issue for local councils, and it is the responsibility of employers to make an assessment on what is affordable within the overall available resources. In terms of the ballot result, we can now inform you that GMB members covered by the National Joint Council for Local Government have rejected the latest pay offer of 1.75% and have voted for industrial action with 60% of returns in favour of action. Local government pay ballot 2022 THE PAY BALLOT IS NOW CLOSED. A copy of the letter sent to the NJC trade unions, along with a copy of the employers media statement, are set out below. Local Government workers know they need a proper pay rise and therefore GMB will be recommending members REJECT this pay offer. Furthermore, the 1.75% increase offered to youth and community workers covering the period from September 2021 to August 2022 has not yet been accepted by Jim Kennedy, national officer for the local authorities sector at Unite, on behalf of youth and community workers. Meanwhile, some councils in London and the East of England are bracing themselves for strike action for a week this month by workers represented by Unite, which told LGC the names of the places where strikes would take place had not yet been finalised. You can download all the campaign materials at the hub. GMBs priority isto make sure your workplace is safe so please do get in touch if you are worried about lack of safety measures at work. GMB and the other trade unions with members affected will be meeting once all ballots close and discuss next steps. This will increase to 200m for the following two years, including 20m in each year to enable authorities to respond to our joint priority of decarbonisation. The LGA is strongly encouraging all councils to ensure they are represented at regional meetings taking place throughout this month, organised by the National Employers which negotiates local government pay on behalf of councils, to understand the difficult choices it is facing. GMB senior reps will assess their response to the offer and agree the ballot timeline to ensure all our members have a say on their pay. Given the experience of the past twenty-one months, all councils should already have flexible working policies that set out protocols for employees whose roles readily lend themselves to working at home and we expect those arrangements to now be kicking in again. An agreement on a best practice national programme of mental health support for all local authorities and school staff. EmailPublicServices@gmb.org.uk. Despite this, we are continuing to push for the agreement from the other unions in the hope that we can still get this paid and March and will update you very shortly with an update. You are true Covid heroes, keeping the nations essential public services going during the toughest of times, often putting your own health and safety at risk. A Council? . Message a friend on Facebook, Twitter or WhatsApp, 2. As you are aware, GMB members rejected the 1.75% offer although on a turn out significantly below that required to give us any confidence that we could win a ballot for industrial action. 3. Thanks so much to all of you that took the time to vote. The supplemental appropriations measure, known as House Bill 14, included an 8.7% pay increase on top of the 7.5% that was approved last year. SW1P 4DF, Sent by email: ministerial.correspondence@levellingup.gov.uk. National Employers for local government services, To: Chief Executives in England, Wales and N Ireland 1. Your participation really matters. Keeping you up to date and in touch on GMB issues that matter to you. Perhaps you deliver a service across Local Government? The three local government unions (UNISON, GMB and Unite) are expected to lodge their pay claim for 2022-23 at the end of this month, which you will note will be almost two months beyond the. your law firm - owned by GMB for GMB members, Updates and advicetailored to your job on our workplace noticeboards, Advice and support to help members and reps, Online and downloadable resources to help you fight for proper protective equipment. GMB will ask all members in scope of NJC pay to make sure they have their say on pay. Work in a Local Authority? You are true Covid heroes, keeping the nations essential public services going during the toughest of times, often putting your own health and safety at risk. The government is trying to contain its wage bill, which accounts for around a . The NJC trade unions acknowledge the financial situation faced by councils and schools, and for that reason we have written to employers to propose a joint campaign with employers bodies, calling for additional funding from Westminster for local government pay. The government has announced that the qualified pay freeze in the public sector is over, and although this never applied directly to local government, it was a factor considered by some councils and reflected in recent years consultations. The government has offered civil servants a 1.5% salary increase plus a cash payment in wage negotiations with trade unions, Public Service and Administration Minister Senzo Mchunu said on Monday.. GMB really appreciates your incredible efforts and we wish you and your families a safe festive period. Unison members also voted to accept the offer. Make sure you get your ballot paper and vote if you have not received your ballot paper, please contact your local GMB Region or Branch Office, Tuesday 10th August 2021 At the Autumn Statement on 17 November 2022, the Chancellor announced an historic increase in funding for social care, making available an additional 2.8 billion in 2023-24 and 4.7 billion in 2024-25. Rehana Azam For every four GMB members who voted, three rejected the employers 1.75% pay offer for 2021/22. Circular 09/2021 FEMPI Pay Restoration 1 July 2021. Please note the following and the need for employers to work with union reps locally: As restrictions have been lifted across England, we need to ensure all updated risk assessments are in place. Sign in or Register a new account to join the discussion. GMB, alongside other unions, has formally written to the employers to lodge an official pay dispute for the 2021/22 pay round. Energy bills are out of control. And the response was to accept the pay offer. The success of busting the pay freeze was down to members coming together to take an active role in campaigning for pay justice and we need your help again in achieving this. We know that inflation is at a level not seen for thirty years and that is before the additional costs caused by the increase in the energy price cap come into effect. GMB will meet with sister unions tomorrow and have arranged a GMB senior reps of the GMB Local Government and Schools Committees to discuss the final pay offer on Tuesday 10th August 2021. A consultative industrial action ballot will start in November 2021. 25 May 2021. The National Employers hope this offer can quickly form the basis of an agreement between the two Sides so that employees, who continue to provide such critical support to their communities, can receive a well-deserved pay rise as soon as practicable. I wish to put on record again my gratitude to public sector workers in Scotland for their response to the pandemic and . There is strength in numbers, employers can ignore one voice but when we all speak together they have to take notice. Your local GMB branch/office will be contacting you shortly to discuss how you can vote in this consultative ballot and how you can get active in your pay campaign. Ms Cooke explained that current government pay policy has less clarity than previously, with remits for pay review bodies making reference to affordability and consistency with private sector pay increases'. An Academy? Join todaywww.gmb.org.uk/join, Want information about being a GMB Rep in your workplace? Its a scandal that people doing some of the most important jobs in our society are dealing with this cost-of-living crisis whilst living with chronically low pay. 27 Jul 2021 Council employees have been offered an improved pay increase. The public deserve better too. By comparison, most council social workers in England are expected to get a 1.75% pay increase for 2021-22, though unions are still in dispute with the National Employers for local government services over their pay offer. At a time of rising inflation, high energy costs and increased mortgage and rent payments our members deserve a fully funded, inflation linked pay rise. This is an important early response to the recent . An. Health Minister Martin Foley says he will donate his approximately $8500 pay rise to local charities, after Victoria's public sector union demanded the state government grant government workers the same 2.5 per cent pay rise politicians will receive from next week. 22 Stephenson Way London UNISON is calling on its members to vote for strike action, arguing the 1.75% offer by local government employers is below-inflation.. UNISON, GMB and Unite have called for a 10% pay rise for council staff to ensure the lowest paid employees earned just above the new real . And as the unions begin consulting their members this week on the 2022 pay, there are also concerns negotiations will be particularly difficult this year. I would like to express my sincere apologies for the delay in response to both your letter and the letter sent from the National Employers. Here's how you know . The National Joint Council negotiates the pay, terms and conditions of staff in local authorities. GMB is campaigning for pay rises to be properly funded. It is applicable to rates of pay from 1 April 2021 onwards and the LGA has encouraged employers "to implement this pay award as swiftly as possible." Unison's head of local government Mike Short said the focus would now be on achieving a more substantial pay rise for 2022-23. Now that many protections will be removed on Monday 19th July, whilst infection rates are rising, we know that our members once again will be on the frontline, providing vital services to the public whilst putting themselves at risk. GMB joint Local Government and Schools Committee representatives have discussed the pay offer and are recommending you vote to REJECT the offer. 2021: One-year pay freeze, excluding NHS staff and workers earning below 24,000 In an announcement on Monday, the Treasury said the chancellor would use his forthcoming Budget to say "the. 2 Marsham Street Its been a tough year for so many people, especially for everyone who has worked so hard keeping the countrys public services going. 2 Marsham Street In GMB only members have their say on pay and we now need you to take part in this important ballot and let us know if you are prepared to accept or reject the pay offer. An indicative industrial action ballot has started. London Employers are encouraged to implement this pay award as swiftly as possible. The claim was for a 10% pay increase for local government workers. We have to stop them cutting sick pay. maintaining regular contact with their manager and colleagues, avoiding being always on by ensuring that they identify non-working time, contacting the employee assistance programme if they need support, for example, in relation to heightened feelings of anxiety, being aware of the things that can cause them poor wellbeing and the activities and resources that can help to address this, Completion of the outstanding work of the joint Term-Time Only review group. 1 Horse Guards Road, GMB members working in local government and school & academies that follow National Joint Council (NJC Green Book) pay, terms and conditions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have received a pay offer today. Lee Rowley MP (Separate advice is in place for Wales and Northern Ireland). We would like to apologise for the delay in sending this out considering that the ballot closed on 13th December. As the NJC pay points are widely used in the voluntary and community sector in . The NJC pay survey closed in November 2020. Pay offer details The key details of the improved offer are: An increase of 2000 for those earning up to 20,500 An increase of 1925 for those earning between 20,500 to 39,000 A 5% increase for those earning between 39,000 to 60,000 London Now rising prices have left council and school staff wages well and truly behind. They have made calls for more funding for local government and for a more stable long-term financial settlement. 76% of members balloted in consultation over the local government employers' pay offer voted to accept it. NW1 2HD. If you and your colleagues want a GMB campaign in your workplace to improve your terms and conditions, pleasecontactyour local GMB Representative. Your local GMB branch/office will be contacting you shortly to discuss how you can vote in this consultative ballot and how you can get active in your pay campaign to stop these pay cuts. GMB Senior reps across Local Authorities, Schools and Academies will be meeting on Wednesday 3rd August 2022. The National Employers have today made the following one-year offer to the unions representing the main local government NJC workforce: The employers have also proposed that the NJC begins immediate exploratory discussions on three other elements of the claim, as follows: However, there was no support from councils for the offer to include thee other elements of the unions claim, therefore the employers have rejected the following: The employers also rejected the element of the claim that seeks, a joint review of job descriptions, routes for career developments and pay banding for school support staff as these are matters entirely for local determination rather than by the NJC. Following the pay offer which falls short of our pay claim we need a much stronger message to government, so we have written to the employers calling specifically for them to join us and call for more funding for local government pay. Before any changes to COVID-19 control measures are implemented. This article is more than 1 year old. We expect a formal response is coming soon so we are gearing up to ensure that all GMB members have a say on their pay. In addition, your National Local Government and Schools Committees will meet in the New Year to discuss what steps we take in this pay campaign. Representatives of councils across England, Wales and Northern Ireland made the offer to 1.5 million local authority . The more people who join GMB, the stronger we can make your work better. Please ensure your details are up to date as only GMB members will geta vote in our ballot. 2021 General Schedule (GS) Locality Pay Tables. (This is the agreed minimum hourly rate that will apply to any employee of a Scottish Council.) Three local government unions have called for a wage increase of at least 10% for all council and school workers in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. GMB members who completed surveys, alsoindicatedother key issues of importance this year. In the pay offer letter dated 16th April 2020 the employer said: Employer side to make representations to government in order to seek funding for an additional amount to be awarded above the tabled 2.75% to employees in recognition of the exceptional hard work. In GMB, all members have their say on pay. A 23 or 24-year-old paid the current full national minimum wage rate of 8.20 an hour will need to be paid at least the NLW rate of 8.91 an hour. www.gmb.org.uk. GMB have always known how crucial local government staff are, but the pandemic has raised public awareness of the work our members do. The 2022/23 Local Government & Schools Pay offer is for one year and is as follows: With effect from 1 April 2022, an increase of 1,925 on all NJC pay points 1 and above (FTE). Hundreds of occupations are covered by this pay offer. The vote has therefore carried and employers have now been notified. Pay is ultimately a decision for local councils. GMB are meeting with NJC Unions to agree the full staff side pay claim. Local government pay scale for support staff Special educational needs Outer London Pay Spines From 1 April 2021 an increase of 2.75% on point 1 and 1.75% on all other points rounded up to the multiple of 3. 350,000 Government employees are set to receive general pay increases of 2% over the lifetime of the new two-year public service agreement, with the potential of a further 1% under new sectoral . Naomi Cooke, Employers Secretary, wrote to council chief executives last month warning of the unhelpful delay in finalising the 2021 pay round due to the unions protracted timetables for consultations and ballots. This equates to 10.50% for SCP1 and no less than 4.04% for SCP43. FAO: Council, Local Authority and Local Government workers acrossEngland, Wales, & Northern Ireland. You will recall that in February the unions lodged their pay claim for: During March, councils in each of the nine English regions, plus Wales and Northern Ireland, were consulted at virtual regional pay briefings. Full time (20hr+/week) 14.57 per month, Part time: (20hr-/week) 8.40 per month, If you work term-time hours only, you might be eligible to pay the part-time membership rate, so ask your region. Click here to email your councillors. Join today www.gmb.org.uk/join. It will affect around 1.5 million employees. Taxes for the NHS and social care should be raised from other sources better able to pay. GMB members working across councils, local authorities and local government recently voted to reject the pay cuts being proposed by local government employers.
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