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Pay 2008 - get your views known
The second and final stage of the current pay settlement
expires on 31 March 2008. The Trade Union Side of the Scottish Joint
Council shall be required to submit a pay and conditions of employment
claim to the Scottish Employers at the Annual meeting of the Scottish
Joint Council to be held on 14th November, 2007.
Branches have been asked to consult as widely
as possible with members regarding size, shape, content and length
of settlement of the 2008 pay and conditions of employment claim.
Branches have been asked to complete a questionnaire
to be returned by no later than 12:00 noon on Friday 3 August
2007.
Members should make their views known to their
branches through the consultation processes branches are using,
or by the usual communication methods, for example by contacting
their steward
The claim affects members who will directly benefit
from the Local Government pay settlement, that is....
- Those who are directly conditioned to the Scottish Joint Council
for local government employees (former manual workers and APT&C
staff).
- This may include those staff in the voluntary and related sector
and those members who work for organisations where the services
that have been contracted out, whose contracts specify that they
are conditioned to Scottish Joint Council pay award.
It does not affect members covered by other
agreements
- such as those members employed in Colleges of Further Education,
Police Authorities, Chief Officials and Craft Workers.
- Nor does it include members on locally agreed pay rates or on
individual contracts not directly related to the Scottish Joint
Council be consulted.
There will then be a meeting of the Scottish Local
Government Committee on 20th August 2007 to consider
the result of the branch consultation exercise and approve the proposed
UNISON's claim. The proposal will then be submitted to the Trade
Union Side of the SJC for consideration to agree a pay and conditions
claim on behalf of the three trade unions.
Douglas Black
Regional Organiser (Local Government)
CONSULTATION ON THE 2008 PAY AND
CONDITIONS CLAIM
BRANCH RETURN
Following consultation with the membership, please
indicate your branch's favoured claim:~
The length of Settlement shall be for:
(please tick box)
- A 1 year settlement running from 1st April,
2008 to 31st March, 2009
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- A 2 year Settlement running from 1st April,
2008 to 31st March, 2010
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- A 3 year Settlement running from 1st April,
2008 to 31st March, 2011
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- A settlement of more than 3 years running from 1st
April, 2007.
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The Claim should be for:
- A straight flat rate amount for each year.
- If so what should the amount be?
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- A percentage for each year.
- If so what should the percentage be?
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- A combination of percentage and a flat rate element, whichever
is the greater, for each year.
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- A flat rate for one or more years with a percentage for
the other year/s
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- Should the claim also include improvements to Terms and
Conditions as set out in the Red Book? If so what should
be included?
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