极速赛车168最新开奖号码 Comments on: Pay deal to go through in Scotland as UNISON members give assent https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/27/pay-deal-to-go-through-in-scotland-as-unison-members-give-assent/ Social Work News & Social Care Jobs Wed, 21 Feb 2024 17:35:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 pay key on keyboard 极速赛车168最新开奖号码 By: letting social workers down https://www.communitycare.co.uk/2023/11/27/pay-deal-to-go-through-in-scotland-as-unison-members-give-assent/#comment-328676 Mon, 04 Dec 2023 15:38:52 +0000 https://www.communitycare.co.uk/?p=203039#comment-328676 Indeed it was UNISON. UNISON who brokered a poor deal for Social Workers by comparison to what was achieved for teachers by a specialist professional Trade Union (EIS). It was unarguably the trio of large generalist unions and their inability to understand differences between the pressures of being a frontline social worker to filling pot holes, emptying bins, and collecting council tax. It was unspeakably UNISON, GMB and UNITE who badly advised their social work members to accept an unjust pay deal in contrast to the 14.6% EIS secured from COSLA. EIS General Secretary recently discussed at STUC strike event – they knew COSLA would drag their heels offering 5-6% so EIS used the time to organise – getting ballot ready, strike ready, and dispelling government Myths of budget constraints. EIS members sought 10% in Feb 2022, COSLA offering 5% then 6%, early 2023 offered 6.5% and this was then markedly increased to 14.6% by March 2023. Maybe something to learn from professional Trade Unions negotiating, they seem more able to understand the labour exchange value for social workers and not merging them with all local government jobs. I am curious about what SWU might have achieved if LAs and the 3 generalist unions were not so fearful of them being involved in collective bargaining.

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