The Trade Union Side of the National Joint Council for Local Government Services for England, Wales and Northern Ireland, have written to the Local Government Association regarding the pay claim for this year.

This has been agreed by UNISON, GMB and UNITE unions and will form the negotiations for a pay rise and why it is essential to recruit and keep staff in public services. We are asking for a pay increase of inflation plus 2%.

“Local government workers (and the services they deliver) have endured austerity, a pandemic and a cost of living crisis – all against a backdrop of year-on-year cuts to the value of their pay. In a sector that is now deeply reliant on an aging workforce, agency workers and market supplements – it is unlikely to withstand another crisis. If local government employers do not take unprecedented action on pay and conditions, then there may be no one left to deliver the crucial local services that have been undervalued and taken for granted for far too long.”

Please read the full pay claim here.

Write to your councillor

UNISON have a form that we can complete demanding that our local councillors speak up for public service workers.

Please completed the form that is available here.