CoSLA impose three year pay deal – Time the unions saw sense

CoSLA have withdrawn their original pay offer to Council employees after unions claimed the offer was rejected and will now impose a three year deal in its place.

Derek Brownlee MSP, Shadow Cabinet Secretary for Finance & Sustainable Growth, says:

"The unions only have themselves to blame as they rejected earlier, more generous, pay deals. They are being completely unrealistic about the hugely difficult economic times we face and it is time they saw sense. Ironically if the Trades Unions hadn't bankrolled the Labour Party, the Labour Party wouldn't have been able to run up the record levels of debt which now make these levels of pay settlements inevitable.

"The fact is that a pay freeze will mean fewer job losses , whereas continual pay rises at this time will cost jobs."

The imposed deal is made up of 0.65% for 2010/2011 backdated to April 1st. There will be a pay freeze of 0%in both 2011/12 and 2012/13.

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