Pay & Conditions Agreement 2003

Conference condemns the failure of the National Employers to honour the Pay and Conditions Agreement 2003 by withholding 3 5% of the pay increase agreed for November 2003 and giving no confirmation that the 4.2% due from 1st July will be honoured, Conference agreed Emergency Resolution 1 on the 11th May 2004, recommending a ballot for industrial action to be decided by reconvened Conference in June following full consultation with the membership As a result of the consultation, this Conference recommends a ballot for discontinuous strike action The ballot process will commence on 30th July 2004 if Stage 2 and Stage 3 pay increases have not been met in full Conference further reaffirms that if either the government, national Employers or individual Authorities impose a settlement, the Executive Council will implement a ballot for discontinuous strike action. Conference instructs Brigade Committees, that in order to protect national collective bargaining, no agreement shall be reached with local Employers on the implementation of any part of the June 2003 Pay and Conditions Agreement. The Executive Council will identify and confirm all parts of the June 2003 Pay and Conditions Agreement covered by this Resolution any proposal, other than the full payment of pay stages as described above made to the FBU, which is deemed to be suitable by the Executive Council for recommendation to members, will be subject to ratification at a Recall of Conference