Put NHS Pay Right – Take action NOW!!!
Unison’s NHS committee (the Health Service Group Executive) has agreed an ambitious position on NHS pay.
We have 6 core aims for improving pay:
1. Put pay right – It’s time for a proper pay rise. A pay rise that not only beats inflation, but one that makes good on the decade of pay cuts we suffered.
2. End poverty pay – It’s time to end structural poverty pay in the NHS. The lowest paid in the NHS must be paid higher than the Real Living Wage.
3. Grade us right for the job we do – It’s time we’re paid right for the work we do. The Government must commit to funding a systematic programme of job description review and rebanding.
4. Pay the hours we work – It’s time to pay us right for all the hours we work.
5. Fix unfinished business in the pay structure – Promotion should come with a decent increase in pay.
6. Invest in our futures – It’s time for apprentices to get the right pay.
The Government has already announced it wants to limit any pay award to 3%. It has also delayed any announcement on pay until at least May.
This Government has so far refused to enter into direct discussions with us and we need local and national campaigning to make our voice heard.
With that in mind, your local Branch is staging a protest on Thursday 31st March from 8am outside the railings at Cobbett House, Manchester Royal Infirmary. Come and join reps and officers from your Branch and show this Government that you are worth more than a 3% pay rise!!
Read about our campaign in full here
