Pay Update
Ballot decision deferred pending last-ditch talks
(6/07/07) UNISON has deferred any trigger for a
ballot over health pay, after the new UK health secretary, Alan
Johnson, agreed to re-open talks.
(27/04/07)
NHS Industrial Action Moves Step Closer
Today’s NHS Pay
Negotiating Council (PNC) meeting (27 April 2007) broke up
without any agreement on pay for the 300,000 non-clinical health
workers.
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(23/04/07) UNISON HEALTH CONFERENCE 2007
EMERGENCY COMPOSITE MOTION ON NHS PAY 2007/2008
'This health conference agrees to support the Health
Service Executive in its decision to launch a campaign to fight
this insulting pay award / offer itself as well as its staging.'
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(19/04/07) UNISON is
demanding a fair pay deal for health workers for 2007/2008.
The independent review body recommended a 2.5% increase for all
clinical staff from 1 April 2007. This is below the current rate
of inflation.
The government then decided to stage the pay increase with a
1.5% increase from 1 April this year with the remaining 1% from
1 November 2007. This effectively reduced the increase to 1.9%
over the year.
UNISON has warned employers that they must genuinely negotiate
to improve this offer - if they don’t then the union is prepared
to ballot all members on industrial action.
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(30/03/07) UNISON Gears Up for Health Strike Action
UNISON, the UK’s largest health union, is gearing up for
industrial action following a meeting of leading health
activists this week.
A national consultation exercise revealed widespread
disappointment over the nurses and health professionals 2.5% pay
offer, and real anger over the staging of the offer by
Government.
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(1/3/07) UNISON today condemned the
government's decision to stage the pay rise for NHS staff
covered by the pay review body as a "real let down".
The union has also dismissed the increase for nurses, midwives,
paramedics and other health professionals as being well below
the level of inflation, for the second year in a row.
Accepting the recommendation of the Independent Pay Review Body
(PRB), health secretary Patricia Hewitt approved a 2.5% increase
for nurses and other healthcare professionals, with 1.5% paid
from 1 April and the remainder paid from 1 November.
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Click here to read the full report from the Review Body for
Nursing and Other Health Professions. |
