FAO: GMB TC’s MEMBERS IN SCHOOLS
30th August 2022
Dear Member
RE: Industrial Action update
You should have received in the post a ballot paper for industrial action over the pay award that is due for 2022-23. We require you to return this ballot paper as soon as possible.
If you have not received a ballot paper, then please let us know immediately so we can arrange for a new ballot paper to be issued to you.
In order to take industrial action, we need to meet a legal threshold which we have not yet done.
We appreciate all the efforts that the workforce have gone to, particularly over the time during the pandemic, it is high time that COSLA and the Scottish Government did likewise with a suitable pay award for you key workers.
The best way for us to achieve this is through you returning your ballot and voting for industrial action.
In Solidarity
Howard Wilkin
GMB Scotland Regional 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: 30th August 2022