2007 PAY OFFER
Thursday, 04 October 2007FAIR PLAY - FAIR PAY
SAY NO TO THE PAY OFFER - VOTE 'YES' FOR STRIKE ACTION
The Employers' Final Offer
It's six months since UNISON lodged the 2007-8 NJC pay claim for a 5% or £1000 increase on pay and improved conditions. The employers have now made their final pay offer this year of 2.475% on scale points 5-49, with no staging, and 3.4% on scale point 4 to give a minimum rate of £6 per hour. The offer included a joint proposal to "a review of the way that local government pays and rewards its workforce, with nothing ruled in and nothing ruled out".
Vote YES to strike action
The UNISON NJC Commitee has considered the offer and decided to reject it. UNISON is now calling on you to do the same by voting "YES" in the ballot for strike action.
850,000 in UNISON - We can do it
It won't be easy. For our campaign to succeed you will need to be prepared to take part in all-out, escalating strike action, starting with a 2 day strike in November. But as UNISON we are strong. 850,000 members will be in the ballot and if you all votte "YES" and join the two-day strike we can make the employers and the government think again and improve their offer.
Get Active!
We need every UNISON member to vote in the ballot. All our members covered by the Green Book in all sectionsof the workforce - councils, fire and rescue services, national parks and the private and voluntary sector must vote and vote "YES" in the ballot. You can help to make this campaign a success:
The ballot opens on 5 October and closes on 26 October 2007.
If you have not received your ballot paper by 11 October, please call 0845 355 0845. Requests for ballot papers must be received by noon on 23 October.