The NJC claim for pay for 2012-13 was formally lodged with the Local Government Employers on Friday, 28 October. Its contents were outlined to the Employers at the NJC AGM on 25 October.
The claim highlights the following:
- NJC employees have fallen further behind other equivalent groups of public sector workers as a consequence of below-inflation increases for a number of years, followed by a two-year pay freeze, without the Chancellor’s promised £250 compensation
- Many are struggling to make ends meet as inflation, local attacks on pay and conditions and frozen car allowances combine to push our members further into poverty
- The Office of Budget Responsibility has predicted economy-wide pay increases of 2.2% in 2012 and 3.8% in 2013
- Our members are doing much more for much less, as redundancies soar. 57,000 jobs were lost in the second quarter of 2011 alone. The LGA forecasts a10% loss of jobs, which is likely to be exceeded
See below for the detailed Pay Claim:
NJC Pay Claim 2012-13 FINAL VERSION
