Unite union slams pay offer as 鈥渄ivisive and unfair鈥�
Workers for the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) have voted for strike action, after the Unite union branded pay allocation 鈥渄ivisive and unfair鈥�.
Unite members at the HCA voted 68% in favour of strike action.
Unite said the strike was not about the size of the pay increase 鈥� which is subject to the government pay cap 鈥� but how it is shared among staff.
Unite said the pay package being offered for 2013/4 has already been rejected by its members three times, as it only results in pay increases for 70% of staff, and this discriminates between staff on different pay contracts.
Unite representative, Suzanne Muna said: 鈥淚t is unbelievable that the HCA has shown so little regard for its own staff.
鈥淥ur members are getting increasingly desperate 鈥� trying to make ends meet, with rising costs year after year, but some will not get a single penny in pay increase 鈥� again!
鈥淭his has driven our members into a position where they feel they have absolutely no alternative but to go on strike.
鈥淭hey don鈥檛 want to do it 鈥� they want the Agency to listen to them and address their very real concerns, but all the Agency has done is dismiss them.鈥�
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