Dear Camden UNISON member,
UNISON is currently holding an online consultative ballot on the pay offer that our employers have made. It’s very important that you spend a few minutes reading about the offer and about our union claim, and then cast your vote. UNISON is recommending that you vote to REJECT the offer.
Our Claim
UNISON submitted a joint claim with the other nationally recognised unions, GMB and Unite, for a flat rate pay increase of £3000 at every pay point. A flat rate means that proportionately, the lowest paid get the highest increase.
The Employers Offer
The response from the employers was to make an offer of 3.2% at every pay point. This is below inflation – RPI was 4.5% at the last measure – and means yet again, a pay cut in real terms. It also means that the highest paid get the biggest increase.
UNISON is recommending that we vote to REJECT another pay cut.
How Do I Vote?
Emails were sent to everyone on Friday 23 May. The address they came from was UNISON Local Government, and the subject was VOTE NOW: Have your say on pay.
Inside the email, following introductory text about the offer and voting to REJECT it, there is a green Vote Now button. One click takes you to a vote, and the options are accept or reject. You click one of the options and submit your vote. That’s all you have to do! But you must do it before 12 noon on 20 June!
Pay Calculator
If you aren’t sure what the offer means for you, why not use the UNISON Pay Calculator on the link here: Calculator – UNISON
This shows you what your pay increase is with the offer, how much you’ve lost compared to the union claim, and what it would be if your pay had kept pace with inflation.
What Else Can I Do?
The most important thing, after voting yourself, is encouraging your workmates to vote. The vote in this consultation will determine if we have an industrial action ballot for a better pay rise or not, so getting as many people as possible to vote, and to vote REJECT makes a difference.
Can you:
• Remind everyone at the end of any team meetings that you have to cast their vote
• Ask everyone on your team to vote
• Check here for other ideas: Council and School Pay | Campaigns | UNISON National
• Use the graphics from here eg for a Teams background: Unison ResourceSpace
Let’s get the Camden UNISON vote out!
Kind regards
Liz Wheatley
Branch Secretary
Camden UNISON
Tel: 020 7974 1633
Email: unison@camden.gov.uk
Web: http://www.camdenunison.org.uk
Camden UNISON Branch Office
3rd Floor Crowndale Centre
218-220 Eversholt Street
London
NW1 1BD