Expect a few celebrations on Friday and a spending splurge to follow as the bank accounts of Shetland Islands Council workers swell today with a whacking £2 million or more in back pay.

An improved pay offer for council workers has been given the green light by councillors, following strong support from union mem­bers.

Councillors endorsed the single status offer when they met at the Town Hall on Wednesday – just days after public services union Unison voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposals.

BY RYAN TAYLOR

Public services union Unison has shown strong support for Shetland Islands Council’s new single status proposals

Members voted 90 per cent in favour of the plan to offer what they consider to be a fairer pay regime for council staff.

The vote of confidence follows strong support from other unions – GMB,…

Two of the three main unions representing the SIC workforce have now voted overwhelmingly in favour of accepting the proposed new pay structure.

Following the GMB union’s 92 per cent vote for the single status offer, TGWU-Unite members have followed suit with 91 per cent acceptance. The long-delayed deal will be secured if the biggest…

The first of three unions to vote on a new equal pay deal proposed by the SIC has overwhelmingly backed the offer.

Ninety-two per cent of the GMB members employed by the council voted to accept the single status proposal that offers a minimum wage in the SIC of £7.53 an hour, rising to £7.84…

By JOHN ROBERTSON

Nearly 3,000 SIC workers have been offered pay rises and lump sums of back-pay under the revised single status proposal issued for their agreement.

Letters were sent out over the weekend and the three main unions will ballot members this month. The hope is that the long-delayed process can be wrapped…

By JOHN ROBERTSON

COUNCIL staff are in line for an equal pay deal described by chief executive Morgan Goodlad as “the best package offered anywhere in Scotland”.

Over 3,000 workers will receive letters in the next few days informing them what their pay and conditions will be if, as expected, they accept the proposed…

By JOHN ROBERTSON

THE SIC’s long-running equal pay negotiations with staff will not now be settled this year, it has emerged. Even if all goes smoothly with the new revised offer issued later this month it is likely to be April 2009 before a deal can be implemented and back-pay dished out.

The latest…