2013 Pay Negotiations latest

Published 9th May 2013 by SLCC 

The Trade Union Side met on 7th May to consider the Employers’ pay offer.

The Unions have each agreed to consult their respective memberships on the pay offer as the 'best achievable through negotiation’. The unions’ consultations can normally take anything up to about six weeks, so the outcome is not expected until mid to late June.

The Unions voted to make a strong statement highlighting how far the offer falls below their aspirations and what their members deserve. But it agreed that the offer is the best achievable by negotiation in the current climate. There was a majority view that members were not prepared to take industrial action at this time. Unison says it will consult members through branches, highlighting the employees’ anger at the offer, while pointing out that only sustained, all-out strike action could bring the employers back to the negotiating table.