What we won in the pay round, and what we did not

The pay round closed last week. Here is what was agreed, what was not, and what happens to the two items we could not settle.

What was agreed

A flat uplift rather than a percentage, which was the branch's position from the first meeting. A percentage would have handed the largest increase to the people who needed it least, and the argument that carried it was not fairness in the abstract but the pay bands themselves, printed and put on the table.

What was not

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

Shift premiums are unchanged. We did not have the turnout on nights to make the case stick, and that is a fact about us rather than about the employer's generosity. It goes back on the table in March.

What happens next

The agreement is being written up now and goes to members for a vote in three weeks. If you have not read a collective agreement before, come to the drop-in: it is one hour, and it is the hour that tells you whether what we won is what we asked for.