FAIR PAY for all UNISON

by Health Cam | Socialist Resistance no18 | page 2-3

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week's holiday this appears to be a considerable increase for ancillary staff.

However few NHS ancillaries are on the very lowest pay band, and many more currently receive bonus pay- You don't need ments above the Agenda for basic Whitley Change to do rate, which means simple things they stand to gain little or nothing uke decent pay from AfC. increases and

Many ancillar- reducing hours. ies also depend for Bring the their pay upon privatised unsocial hours payments - and contracted stand to lose out services back under the AfC for- into the NHS. mula.

It would be a mistake to see AfC as a pay deal which you can improve or tinker with in order to make it palatable. AfC is about restructuring NHS workers - and at its heart is deeply problematic.

Twelve NHS Trusts were designated as *Early Implementers' for AfC (or Guinea Pigs perhaps) in order to pilot the scheme and iron out wrinkles.

Despite the fact that the Department of Health has

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