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28/11/2005
NI civil servants consider action over 'insulting' pay offer
Civil Service union Nipsa is to consult with its members over a pay offer it claims is "insulting" and "disgraceful".
The union claims that most of its members would receive a 0.2% pay rise under the terms and conditions presently on offer.
Nipsa representative Jim Corey said: "NI civil service rates of pay increased by only 2% between 1 April 2002 and August 2005 - a massive 7.39% below the annual rate of inflation in that period.
"For the Secretary of State [Peter Hain] to insist that the vast majority of members will receive only a 0.2% increase in rate in 2005 is insulting. This will demoralise and demotivate members even more."
Nipsa members are said to be angered by the deal busting agreement over pay as it apparently flies in the face of a recommendation by senior civil servant Sir Neil MacIntosh that NI civil servants should receive "substantial" pay rises to bring them into line with national rates of pay for the so-called "Home Civil Service" which the union claims received a 3.9% average pay rise in 2005.
The union's executive is currently consulting with branches, but is already recommending strike action to members. A ballot is expected early in January 2006.
In 2004, industrial action, short of an all out strike, by NI civil servants disrupted the working of many government departments and agencies for 10 months.
(SP/GB)
The union claims that most of its members would receive a 0.2% pay rise under the terms and conditions presently on offer.
Nipsa representative Jim Corey said: "NI civil service rates of pay increased by only 2% between 1 April 2002 and August 2005 - a massive 7.39% below the annual rate of inflation in that period.
"For the Secretary of State [Peter Hain] to insist that the vast majority of members will receive only a 0.2% increase in rate in 2005 is insulting. This will demoralise and demotivate members even more."
Nipsa members are said to be angered by the deal busting agreement over pay as it apparently flies in the face of a recommendation by senior civil servant Sir Neil MacIntosh that NI civil servants should receive "substantial" pay rises to bring them into line with national rates of pay for the so-called "Home Civil Service" which the union claims received a 3.9% average pay rise in 2005.
The union's executive is currently consulting with branches, but is already recommending strike action to members. A ballot is expected early in January 2006.
In 2004, industrial action, short of an all out strike, by NI civil servants disrupted the working of many government departments and agencies for 10 months.
(SP/GB)
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