Support staff offered contract blueprint
James Tweed
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
The final touches to a possible blueprint for local authorities in England and Wales negotiating the pay and conditions of school support staff have been put together between union negotiators and Birmingham City Council. The GMB union said last week that it believed the deal that it and Unison have struck with the local authority could, if accepted by the support staff, provide a template for the rest of England. The unions, which represent more than 4,000 support staff in over 450 schools in Birmingham, said last week that a 'breakthrough' had been made after several years of negotiations between both the unions and Birmingham City Council.
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