To support nurses and teachers who strike over 5.5% pay offeroffer

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When the junior doctors were awarded 22%?

It's an award, we will receive it regardless. There isn't an option to strike at this point. We will however, be asked to vote on what we want to happen next.
I and many colleagues will vote to strike.

I was thinking this too. I'm a B7, part time, 3.5 days a week, and my take home is about £2300

That still sounds low for B6 - I get just over 2k a month take home and I'm bottom rate B6, no unsociable hours - just bog standard full-time.

We don't go up the bands in civil service any more, there are no mid points, we all just stay on the bottom. I'm paid the same with 4 years experience as someone with none, and I will never get moved up. The only way to get more money is to apply for another job. It's really rubbish! The % changes are a big deal, but losing the pay progression is the thing that has crippled the civil service.

It’s crap! I’ve asked HMRC a couple of times to double check my tax code and they say it’s correct, so I’ve no idea why I take home so little. I have to do at least one bank shift a week to cover my bills!

It's pro rata though

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So are TAs on 65k pro rata? I think not!

All local authority staff up to NJC point 43 have been offered £1290.

"The National Employers have offered council staff a pay increase of £1,290 which equates to 5.77% for the lowest paid and 2.5% for those at the top of the pay spine, from 1 April 2024".

I'm happy with it for now as our council is in dire straits financially and there's no extra money for these payrises.

When the tories got in they immediately slapped us with a 3 year pay freeze. Hopefully things will look better by next year and alas long as we keep getting rises I don't want to strike.

There is also a recommendation to introduce intermediate step points for the higher bands which I am pleased about. People I’ve spoken to so far think 5.5% is okay. I don’t believe there will be nursing strikes.