GMB, Unison and Unite have submitted a police staff pay
claim to break the government imposed pay cap.
Police staff, along with other public sector workers, have
had thousands of pounds pinched from their wages due to a
government imposed 1% pay cap which forces them to foot the bill
for the 2008 crash.
GMB analysis shows that most police staff salaries have
lost between 9.4 per cent (CPI) and 13.5 per cent (RPI) of their
value since 2010.
The joint union claim demands a 5% pay increase - or £1,000
per annum which ever is greater – from 1 September
.
Police staff include PCSOs, 999 call handlers who deal with
traumatic calls from the public and scene of crime and forensic
specialists who have attend scenes where robberies, rapes and
murders have taken place.
Earlier in 2017, GMB surveyed its members and found an
underpaid, undervalued, overworked and highly stressed workforce
where some full time employees had to borrow from parents to
clothe their own children. [1]
Kevin Brandstatter, GMB National Officer,
said
"Our members have had enough.
“Overworked, underpaid and undervalued – they want fairness
and justice.
“Our members perform vital jobs and are called to deal with
traumatic incidents and this Government seems not to
care.
“If they want to demonstrate their loyalty to hard working
staff in a really difficult environment, the Government should
abandon the pay cap, meet the claim in full and provide the
funding to do so."
ENDS
Notes to Editors
[1] www.paypinch.org
[2] Police Staff 'Stressed And Underpaid', Wednesday, April
26, 2017
Union poll shows more than 70 per cent stressed at work, while 75
per cent blast Government pay cap.
Read more: http://www.gmb.org.uk/newsroom/police-staff-pay
