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2005 Pay Campaign

In response to FC management's imposition of the 2005 pay award the FCTU mounted a campaign to highlight the concerns which this caused for union members. This is an archive of material produced for that campaign. The material was originally posted on the FC intranet site and has been transferred here for reference.

News Updates

17/1/07:  Members have now voted by a margin of nearly 15 to one to accept the 2006 pay offer. In doing so this campaign has now drawn to a close. Thank you very much to everyone for their hard work during the campaign.

30/7: 2006 pay claim added.

30/5: Update for May has been added to the folder on the left.

• Workplace meetings have now been completed.

• The 2006 pay claim is being drafted.

28/4: Weekly update for w/e 28/4, a revised meeting list, latest logbook and a copy of the joint pay statement have been added.

21/4: Weekly update for w/e 21/4 has been added to the folder on the left.

• Discussions with HR aimed at trying to resolve the dispute have been completed.
• Local workplace meetings are now being organised, and a new sub-page with the latest details has been added.

7/4: Weekly update for w/e 7/4 has been added to the folder on the left

20/3: Weekly update for w/e 17/3 has been added to the folder on the left:

• Discussions are ongoing with HR aimed at trying to resolve the dispute.
• The Workplace Meeting pack has now been issued and posted in the intranet.

13/3: Meeting Planning Pack: A guide to assist local reps in organising workplace campaign meetings has been added.

10/3: Weekly update for w/e 10/3 has been added to the folder on the left:

• We have begun preliminary discussions with HR on how we might resolve the dispute.
• Workplace packs are in final draft and will be available from Monday.

08/3: March Logbook containing campaign news added.

06/3: Weekly update for w/e 3/3 has been added to the folder on the left.

• Unions’ Council has agreed to maintain the current work-streams for another month, but to also begin preparations on an external political lobbying campaign.
• Preliminary,informal discussions aimed at exploring ways for resolving the dispute may begin later this week.

24/2: Weekly updates for w/c 17/2 and 24/2 have now been added to the folder on the left.

15/2: Postcards. Based on our popular 'acorn' posters these postcards highlight the key issues of the campaign and you can stick them to virtually anything to highlight the campaign and your support of it. These postcards are currently being commercially printed and will be available from your local rep from around the end of next week. But if you can't wait then feel free to download! Also the Noticeboard Header has now been updated to reflect the new campaign slogan.

13/2: A weekly update for w/e 10/2/06 as been added to the weekly updates folder on the left.

Local Meetings

The programme of workplace meetings has now been completed.  Feedback from the meetings will be taken forward to the joint unions' meeting to be held on 22nd June, and will be reflected both in the discussions on the pay claim and on the way forward with the campaign.

Many thanks to everyone who helped organise the meetings, and to everyone who attended for the positive and valuable feedback.

The meetings were open to all union members, and anyone thinking about joining.  The purpose of the meetings was:

• to explain to members some of the issues behind the joint statement from the DG and Robert Beaney issued in April,
• to get feedback on the effectiveness of the campaign so far, and
• to get views on how we should proceed.

Spey Bay Hall – 1300-1500, Wednesday 26th April

Lochgilphead – 1400-1600, Tuesday 2nd May

Silvan House – 1400-1500, Tuesday 2nd May

Aberfoyle – 1330-1530, Friday 5th May

Northants – 1500 Tuesday 9th May

North Wales – 1200-1300, Thursday 11th May

Welshpool – 1430-1500, Wednesday 17th May

Forest of Dean – 1030-1230, Thursday 18th May

Cannock – 1000-1200, Friday 19th May

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