A consultative industrial action ballot will start soon. Following a review of our capital budgets, general capital funding for local government for 2022-23 will be set at 150m. GMB is clear. THANKYOU FOR VOTING. GMB pay ballot covering all workers across local government, school & academies that follow National Joint Council (NJC Green Book) pay, terms and conditions across England, Wales and Northern Ireland is now open. On Mileage Allowances, the LGA has agreed to make representation to the HMRC. A joint review of the provisions in the Green Book for maternity / paternity / shared parental / adoption leave. The real problem is the impact of the rise in the long term. 1. 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. Unite's local government staff have voted overwhelmingly in a consultative ballot to reject the 'insulting' pay offer of 1.75 per cent and are supportive of taking industrial action for pay justice.. Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: "Our members have made a huge contribution to keep public services running during the continuing Covid crisis. 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. GMB presented this claim to Unison and Unite in discussions to agree thisyear'sjoint union pay claim. 2 Marsham Street The government is trying to contain its wage bill, which accounts for around a . The three trade unions in their response rejecting the pay offer of 1.75% from 1 April 2021, asked the National Employers to consider re-opening the negotiations to seek an improvement. London The public sector pay review covers roughly 2.5mn people, some 45 per cent of public sector workers with total pay costing taxpayers 220bn in 2021-21. Council employees have been offered an improved pay increase which will add 328m to the local government pay bill. Over the last year GMB members working in councils, local government and schools have shown how indispensable you are. www.gmb.org.uk. 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. I am writing on behalf of the Employers Side of the NJC to respond formally to the Trade Union Sides pay claim. Best wishes, In the recent GMB 2022/23 pay consultation, 67% of members voted to accept the pay offer. An indicative industrial action ballot has started. [1] PRESS RELEASE: 14 MAY 2021 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). IT IS VERY IMPORTANT THAT YOU VOTE GMB IS CAMPAIGNING FOR A HUGE TURNOUT TO DEMONSTRATE TO YOUR EMPLOYERS WE WONT ACCEPT FURTHER PAY CUTS. All results are being analysed by regional teams toidentifypotential local campaigning targets outside of this national pay claim. The National Employers wish to make the following one-year offer: The employers also reject the element of your 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. They have made calls for more funding for local government and for a more stable long-term financial settlement. 5. Public sector pay rise pledge expected to 'set tone' of future pay negotiations | Local Government Chronicle (LGC) 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. The rate peg is the maximum percentage amount by which a council may increase its general income for the year. The employers are assessing their position on this, and we are expecting a response on this shortly. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CRAFT WORKERS SURVEY HEADLINE RESULTS. With inflation spiralling and the cost of living crisis deepening, the headroom between the lowest local government pay threshold and the national living wage is set to be eroded. The Consumer Prices Index rate of inflation is currently 3.2%. The employers have now met and considered this request carefully and the decision was made to reaffirm the offer as their full and final position. The total public sector pay bill was around 235 billion in the 2021/22 financial year - with central government pay (which includes UK government departments, parliament, most public bodies and the devolved administrations) costing about 165 billion and local government about 70 billion. Join todaywww.gmb.org.uk/join, Want information about being a GMB Rep in your workplace? Local government pay ballot 2022 THE PAY BALLOT IS NOW CLOSED. Weve made this easy to do by filling in the form on the Pay Justice Nowsite! GMB NJC meetings have already taken place with the majority view that we move to a pay claim that asks for a substantial pay increase but that this pay round we include a conditions claim as there are several areas NJC unions want to discuss with the employer in the next pay round. FAO: England, Wales, & Northern Ireland. 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. I wish to put on record again my gratitude to public sector workers in Scotland for their response to the pandemic and . . . Thanks so much to all of you that took the time to vote. Further to recent updates GMB is now able to announce that the 2021 1.75% pay award has finally been agreed by Unison as well as GMB meaning that it can now be paid to you. Over 100,000 plus GMB members across Local Authorities, Councils, Schools and Academies in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland were included, so it going to take some time to collate all the results and determine next steps. The detail in the unions' claim cites an RPI figure of 10.7 per cent, which is the current annual forecast for RPI in 2023, published in November 2022 by the Office for Budget Responsibility. of the United States and its territories and possessions as listed in 5 CFR 591.205 not located within another locality pay area.) The employers 1.75% offer is wholly inadequate and with energy bills skyrocketing, shopping bills going up, and inflation high and rising, it represents yet another pay cut for workers who have seen a quarter of the value of their pay wiped out since 2010. For too long the people who are at the heart of our communities have been failed by their employers. Not a GMB member? Unions representing 750,000 council and school support staff across England, Wales and Northern Ireland today (Friday) criticised the 1.5% pay offer made by the Local Government Association GMB, Unite and Unison submitted a joint pay claim to the local government employers in February for a 10% pay rise. Policy paper. The NJC payscales, which are local government payscales resulting from negotiations between the employer and trade union sides of the National Joint Council, have been agreed for the 2020/21 year. Organise a meeting to discuss pay and to build support for the pay ballot using our campaign resources. The letter sent to you in July set out the crisis within Local Government and School funding and this needs to be properly addressed, not further exacerbated by cuts. . Then in May, local government employers made a pay offer of 1.5% to council and school staff. By Jim Dunton. All ofthe results were collated and considered by your GMB teams of Officers and Reps and the GMBs National Local Government and Schools Committees. 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. About 5.7 million people are employed in the public sector in the UK. A pay ballot on the offer will start soon. The OBR forecast nominal earnings would . 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. Thank you to the tens of thousands of GMB members that took part in the Have Your Say On Your Pay Local Government and Schools Consultative ballot across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The employers declined to do this and today made the following full and final offer in response to our pay claim: Rehana Azam, GMB National Secretary, said: School staff, refuse collectors and council workers have kept our country moving through the coronavirus crisis, often putting themselves in harm's way. Years of real terms funding cuts have led to dirty streets, closed libraries, and low pay across our schools. Unisons ballot result for Northern Ireland is not due until Thursday 10th February. To promote our Local Government Survey, we've produced these posters for your local workplacenoticeboards: This has been a difficult year for workers across local government. Please ensure your details are up to date as only GMB members will geta vote in our ballot. We recognise that local government is facing a range of inflationary pressures including those relating to pay. Join today www.gmb.org.uk/join. Here's how you know . Date: 11/01/2021. Local Government Chronicle (LGC) News, comment and analysis on local government, plus jobs in the sector. Those discussions have now started for pay in 2021/22. Payments will be slightly affected by the national insurance rise. At the Autumn Statement, the Government announced that approximately 6.5 billion will be made available for councils to deliver services in 2023/24 and 2024/25, in addition to what was agreed at Spending Review 2021. Wilko bosses should hang their heads in shame. But the commission has. There are also concerns about how the 2022 pay claim, which unions are this week poised to begin consulting their members over, will be impacted by the rise in the national living wage which is expected to hit 10.70 by 2024. Although the costs involved in this are negligible (for example, an employee on 20,000 PA would lose 4.38) we believe that you should get every penny of what a low award is and have been pushing to ensure that you get it. Policy paper. 3. You have more responsibility and stress than ever before, but your pay continues to stagnate. Its important to stress the LGA Executive Advisory Board - which is made up of elected councillors have decided to override the view of the National Employers hence why it will be really helpful if you could write to your councillor asking why this is the case. A School? Recruit a member - Strength in numbers! We have continued to press for further talks and an improved pay offer. 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.