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NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL - JOB EVALUATION AND SINGLE STATUS
As you will be aware GMB along with UNITE conducted a ballot last year of its membership in Nottingham City Council and accepted the job evaluation and single status package, this would have delivered an April 1st 2010 implementation date.
GMB BY-ELECTION TO THE CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COUNCIL 2009/10
LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME 10 KEY FACTS
NHS PENSION SCHEME UPDATE ON DELIVERY OF THE PENSIONS CHOICE EXERCISE
NOTTINGHAM CITY COUNCIL JOB EVALUATION & SINGLE STATUS - GMB BALLOT RESULTS
£30 MILLION CUT IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL WILL CAUSE CHAOS SAYS GMB
£500 OR 2.5% - UNIONS SUBMIT CLAIM FOR 2010
At a meeting of the National Joint Council for local government yesterday GMB and the other trade unions laid down the pay claim for 2010. The claim is
“A £500 flat rate increase or 2.5% - whichever is the greater.”
Equal pay in the NHS and Local Government
Throughout Local Government and NHS the GMB has been fighting to achieve equal pay. Whether by single status pay and grading deals in Councils or by Agenda for Change in the NHS, the low paid, mainly women, workers who have been under valued for so long now have a real chance to improve their pay and career prospects.