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Vote Yes for strike action
Vote Yes for
strike action
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Vote Yes for strike action
The unions’ 2014-15 pay claim
A minimum increase of £1 an hour on scale point 5 to achieve:• the Living Wage and….• The same flat rate increase on all other scale points• The Living Wage outside London has risen to £7.65 an hour.• We would now need an increase of £1.20 an hour to reach
the Living Wage on scale point 5
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The employers’ final offer • 1% for pay points 11- 49 (90% of workforce)• Lowest pay points 5-10 have been offered over 1% to avoid
falling below the National Minimum WageNew Hourly Rate£580 on pay point 5 £6.75£550 on pay point 6 £6.82£400 on pay point 7 £6.90£275 on pay point 8 £7.05 £200 on pay point 9 £7.22£175 on pay point 10 £7.35
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Vote Yes for strike action
It’s time to stand up for fair payThe employers’ offer is another pay cut – not a pay rise. It follows a 3-year pay freeze and a below-inflation pay increase of 1% last year. You deserve better. Before you vote remember that:
• Inflation is running at 2.5%
• Fuel, travel, food and childcare costs keep rising
• Average earnings are increasing by 2.6%
• Falling pay means a loss of pension for the rest of your life
• It’s time to stop the rot...before it gets any worse!
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Vote Yes for strike action
It’s time to vote “YES” for strike action
• Don’t accept a pay cut for the fifth year in a row! The employers want to offer the lowest paid as little as possible – with next to nothing for everyone else
• Pay for most school and council workers will be worth 20% less than in 2010 – enough is enough!
• The landslide in your pay will continue unless we act together now
• Voting ‘no’ will NOT save jobs and services
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Vote Yes for strike action
Our claim is affordable• Councils are choosing to stash the savings made by cutting jobs and pay
• In the last two years they have put an extra £2 billion in reserves, taking the total to over £19 billion
• The £2.6 billion the employers saved on basic pay in 2012 alone would pay for a 10% pay increase!
• And over half the cost of our claim would be re-couped in taxes and national insurance
• In the last three years, half of council savings have come from cuts to pay, conditions and jobs
• Our members are keeping schools and local services going, but bearing the brunt of the cuts and being taken for granted.
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Vote Yes for strike action
Vote “YES” for strike action!
• 71% of UNISON members rejected the employers’ offer in our own pay consultation
• The industrial action ballot has been given the ‘go-ahead’
• YOU are worth much more than this pay offer – and so are those who rely on you
• 600,000 UNISON members in local government and schools• Unite is also balloting for strike action –
GMB pay consultation ends in mid-May.
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Ballot timetable
• Ballot opens on 23 May • Ballot papers will be sent to members’ home addresses • We need every member to vote - and vote “YES”• The first strike day will be 10 July • The employers’ offer will not be increased without real
pressure on them – especially before the local elections• UNISON is asking you to vote “YES” • If the employers don’t improve their offer, further strike action
will follow
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We can do it…together in UNISON!
• Tell your workmates about the pay offer – make sure they vote!!
• Recruit non-members - we’re stronger together• Lobby your councillors and make them listen!
If they want your vote in the local elections on 22 May, they need to support a decent pay offer for you
• Your branch can help you lobby them. There are model letters on UNISON’s web site too
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Ballot papers
• If you have not received a ballot paper by 29 May, ask for one on line at unison.org.uk/my-unison/welcome or call 0800 0 857 857 by 12 noon on 18 June
• Wherever you work, whatever job you do – make sure you vote and vote “YES” for strike action to get an improved pay offer