UNISON has joined with other unions and submitted a pay claim for 2021/22, which they say begins to redress a decade of cuts and recognises the key role played in the pandemic by school and council staff.
We want to see a ‘substantial’ pay increase from this April with a wage rise of at least 10% for all school support employees and council workers in Northern Ireland, Wales and England.
Under the claim, the pay of the lowest paid workers would go above £10 per hour – lifting them above the real living wage of £9.50 per hour .
