2008 Pay Claim - Ballot
Results - 13 November 2008
Offer accepted by a narrow majority
The results of the pay claim ballot have been announced.
51.6% of the returned ballot papers accepted the deal which was on the
table. UNISON, as a democratic union, respects its members decision,
however the closeness of the result is a clear message to all local
authorities that staff are unhappy with the present pay offer.
Dougie Black, UNISON Regional Organiser and lead
negotiator said: “This offer is not good but circumstances have led to our
members drawing this dispute to a close. They have made a pragmatic
decision based on the perilous state of Local Government finance, the
unsettled wider economy and the fact that Christmas is almost upon us.”
The accepted offer is:
Angus Council Single Status
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UNISON Angus Council Branch represents over 1500 members, with the majority working for Angus Council.
However we also represent members in Rossie Secure
Accommodation Services, Tayside Valuation Joint Board, Angus Business Centre and the
Voluntary Sector. The members are concerned in every aspect of local government
in Angus, including housing, legal, financial, local assessors, registrars,
roads, planning, education, leisure, social work, environmental and consumer protection.
We negotiate for better pay and conditions,
help individuals in trouble and campaign for a safer, fairer society.
UNISON is Britain's biggest union, representing almost 1.3
million people across the UK's public services.
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Reasons why workers are better off in unions
Value for money
Most union contributions represent only
around half a percent of workers' earnings but the pay back is considerably greater.
Support at work
You have the legal right to be accompanied
by a trade union representative if you have a workplace grievance or if you are facing disciplinary action.
Better pay - especially for ethnic minority and women workers
Trade union collective bargaining produces
a better rate of pay for workers. Average earnings are around eight per cent
higher in workplaces where the bulk of the workforce is covered by collective bargaining.
Black and Asian trade unionists earn almost
a third more than their non-union counterparts. For white workers the union premium is ten per cent.
Pensions
Workplaces are more likely to have a
pension scheme where a trade union is recognised for the purposes of collective bargaining.
Sick pay
Workers in unionised workplaces are more
likely to get sick pay paid at higher than the statutory minimum than those in non-unionised workplaces.
Annual leave
The average trade union member in the UK
gets 29 days' annual leave a year compared with 23 days for non-union members.
Equal opportunities and family-friendly working
Workplaces with union recognition are 20
per cent more likely to have an equal opportunities policy than workplaces where
no union is recognised and 12 per cent more likely to have parental leave policies in place.
Women in unionised workplaces are better
off in terms of career opportunities, flexible working arrangements and support
for family responsibilities than women in non-union workplaces.
Job security
Trade union members are only half as likely
to be sacked as non-members and if they do they get better compensation.
Three quarters of union-organised
workplaces in an LRD survey had a procedure agreement on redundancy
consultation, 80 per cent had agreed measures to avoid redundancy and almost
three quarters had a redundancy pay scheme better than the statutory scheme.
Health and safety
Studies found there was a 50 per cent
reduction in major injuries in workplaces where there were trade union safety
reps and consultation. In trade unionised workplaces there was a 33 per cent
improvement in health and safety.
Legal Compensation
Unions won over £321 million in legal
compensation for their members who were victims of work-related illness and
injury in 2000 - an average of more than £6,000 per case.
UNISON won £35 million for its members in
personal injury cases alone in 2001 and many millions more in employment tribunal cases.
A majority of unions also offer legal help
in non-work related cases, such as claiming social security benefits,
representation in road traffic cases, free wills, and so on to members and their families.
Unions win or achieve settlements in 77 per
cent of cases lodged with tribunals compared with 45 per cent of cases overall.
Training
Workers in unionised workplaces are more
likely to receive job-related training than those in non-unionised workplaces.
Other membership benefits
Unions offer additional fringe membership
benefits such as cheaper mortgages and insurance, holiday clubs, shopping
discounts, credit cards, discounted car breakdown membership and so on.
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