Date: Friday 9 March 2012
UNISON’s police staff members have won a victory in their
campaign against massive cuts in terms and conditions in the run-up to a single
Scottish police service over the next year. Police staff had been facing wage
cuts of up to 35%. These have now been withdrawn.
At a meeting of the Police Staff Council (Scotland) today,
the police authority employers withdrew what had been described as a "final
offer" of a reduction in the terms and conditions of police staff members in
Scotland.
Peter Veldon, UNISON’s lead negotiator for the staff side
said:
“This is not only a great victory for police staff in
Scotland, who have campaigned hard against the massive cuts which were proposed
by the employers, but for common sense as well.”
“We are just over a year away from the New Police Service of
Scotland being created, yet police staff members were being asked to contemplate
wage cuts of up to 35%. Set this against a background of a wage freeze for the
past two years for staff, and mounting concern and anger over proposals for huge
job losses when the new force comes into existence in April 2013, this decision
provides a small degree of comfort for our members. It is at least one less
thing to worry about.”
“UNISON's police and justice staff will be entering into
negotiations to harmonise terms and conditions with the Police Service of
Scotland once that body has been set up.”
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