Public sector unions organising in local government and higher education have formally rejected employer offers to increase pay by 0.5% and 0.3%. Unions representing the 1.3 million employees in local government have rejected the 0.5% pay offer despite a threat from the employers that they would withdraw the offer if it wasn’t accepted by 1 June. In higher education employers posed pay increases against job security but then refused to discuss a job security agreement with unions.
Read more at > UNISON (EN)
And at > UNISON (EN)
Unions reject low increases for council and university workers
More like this
Review of minimum wages in 2010 - no or low increases
The EIRO industrial relations observatory produces an annual review of pay developments across Europe, including an assessment of changes to minimum wage rates for adults and young workers. The review of 2010 was published in November 2011 and found that the trend was towards low increases or a freezing of the rates. Read more at > EIRO (EN)
University workers to get own collective agreement
After five years of negotiations the GÖD public service union is close to finalising the details of a new collective agreement that will cover all university workers and which should come into effect on 1 October this year. The agreement will set a minimum rate for university staff that the union believes will be attractive but also competitive. Academic staff will have their own career structure while all other university workers will be on an eight-grade pay scale, with progression linked to three levels of qualifications. The agreement will also regulate working time. [Read more at > GÖD