FAO: GMB Perth & Kinross Council Members in Schools
Dear Member
RE: GMB Scotland in COSLA: Your Ballot Final Countdown
Many of you have already voted in the COSLA ballot and we thank you for this. The ballot is closing soon, and we really need ALL of you to vote. We are bound by legislation and are required to meet a legal threshold in order to take any action.
This is your pay, 2% in light of everything that you have gone through over the past 2 and a half years is unacceptable particularly with inflation currently sitting at 9.1%.
We are aware that some of you may be apprehensive about taking industrial action, but the threat of action is often enough to get the employers side back around the negotiating table. For evidence of this, you only need to look at the train drivers who had their offer improved substantially after voting in favour of action. The action itself was not required.
This further highlights the need for you to return your ballot paper. The ballot closes on 26th July, so in order to ensure that your ballot is counted, you will be required to post it by Friday 22nd July, to ensure it is returned in time. Please make sure that you do this.
It is your pay, and this is a national bargaining unit, the more local government workers who vote for action, the stronger the message that COSLA and the government receive. This is the only way to ensure that you are properly recognised for the work you do.
Your vote is your voice, make sure it is heard!
In Solidarity
Howard Wilkin
GMB Scotland Organiser
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(Congress 2021 agreed that membership rates would remain unchanged from those implemented from 1 Oct 2020.)
From 1 Oct 2020
Full time – Grade 1 = £14.57 per month
Part time – Grade 2 = £8.40 per month, GMB members working part-time for 20 hours or less and GMB members under 18 years. If you work in a school please check the current GMB rate with GMB Scotland 0141 332 8641.
Sick and unemployed members = 5p per week.
Retired life members = If a GMB member retires on or after 1 July 2015, they can apply for free retired life membership within three months of no longer paying contributions in line with rules 45 or 46. To qualify, they have to be permanently retired from paid work, be members for at least 5 years and apply in writing to become retired life members of the union.
Apprentices = £2 per month
Non-working Students = £1 per month, Students who are in employment will continue to pay the rate applicable to their employment and hours of work.
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Posted: 20th July 2022