This week UCU wrote to the Association of Colleges to demand that they put staff first in line for the new funding which the government has announced for the sector. UNISON call on Scottish Government to devolve NHS union pay negotiations 17 August 2018 Danny Phillips UNISON, Scotland’s biggest health union, is calling on the Scottish Government to set up formal structures to negotiate direct with NHS unions in Scotland, and officially leave the UK’s NHS Pay … Collective pay negotiations UCEA conducts collective pay negotiations with the five HE trade unions - UCU, UNISON, Unite, EIS and GMB - on behalf of a significant number of UK HE institutions. It gives more detail on the NHS pay deal and pay negotiations in Scotland. UNISON pay negotiations at South East Water have yielded an above inflation pay rise. Ballot period Friday 7th February - Friday 21st February 2020 ... Hopefully the leaders found time to discuss Fair Pay for their hard working employees. Pay Up Now for council and school workers – campaign update. UNISON Scotland. What is a pay freeze? Our wages can also increase through annual pay negotiations on a 19 August 2020. KCL UNISON FAQs What has happened? 6 April 2016 NJC pay - UNISON presses on . UCEA has agreed to a New JNCHES autumn meeting to review the financial position of the sector and, if circumstances allow, they include that they would begin negotiations for the 2021-22 pay round earlier in the calendar year. • Our contract entitles Grades 1-8 staff to receive a pay increase every year by going up a ‘spine point’ on the pay scale (up to the top of our grade). Welcome to UNISON Scottish Water Branch. This circular updates branches on the NJC pay campaign. We are the largest union in the water industry in Scotland and the branch has members that work for Scottish Water, Business Stream and Scottish Canals. In 2009, the union’s local government members faced pay cuts across the country. For the NJC 2020 award, we submitted a pay claim of 10%. An Island teaching union is pausing its plans for industrial action over pay and conditions to continue negotiations with the Department of Education, Sport & Culture. NJC PAY 2020. Scotland's biggest and liveliest trade union, representing members delivering public and related services. Lilian Macer, UNISON Scotland convener and Tam Waterson Chair of the Scottish Health Committee explain why we now want to negotiate direct with the Scottish Government and not the UK NHS Pay Review Board. UNISON, the largest union in local government, welcomed the pay deal for local government workers agreed with COSLA today. The 2020 pay settlement. UNISON held a consultation process to ballot our members on their decision to accept or reject the new pay offer. However it is hoped that the claim will be lodged in September of this year to allow proper negotiations to take place to ensure the anniversary date is met. SJC pay is determined until 1 April 2017. The UNISON NJC Committee met on 5 October 2020 to consider the contents of the NJC pay claim for 2021/22, as well as the process for consulting members. UNISON members yesterday voted to re-open pay negotiations in local government with the aim of achieving at least the Living Wage for all workers. Update. This is done through the Joint Negotiating Committee for Higher Education Staff (JNCHES). Jean Freeman talks of opening up the pay negotiations for next year in the autumn, but given how many billions have already been spent on the pandemic and the billions lost to the economy, UNISON's fear is that we will be told that the coffers are empty and we will be … UCEA published a statement which reiterated that there will be no pay award in 2020-21. 24 June 2015 UNISON Scotland. Unison has welcomed news that the Scottish Government will negotiate a new pay award (Image: Andrew Neil). UNISON. As such, a single negotiating meeting on pay for 2020-21 was held on 7 July 2020. Home carers, caterers, cleaners, school workers and other council staff brought Glasgow to a standstill on 23 and 24 October as they took part in a 48-hour strike. Annual Report final 2020-21(1) Find out more It also contains the branch the accounts giving members an account of where their subscription money has been spent. The 2018-19 national pay negotiations have now been concluded and the University will be implementing the final offer (as below) with effect from 1 August 2018 in August payroll. Thousands of women across Glasgow demanded Glasgow City Council resolve the long-standing equal pay dispute – the largest of its kind since the Equal Pay Act was introduced – and won. 5 October 2020. Watch this video. We believe this is the best achievable through negotiation and proposed a recommendation that members vote to accept the pay offer. 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