SNP "Fair Pay" boost for Prospect members

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Prospect welcomes First Ministers Statement at Manifesto launch

Prospect, the union representing over a 1000 specialist public servants in Scotland welcomed the statement by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon at the launch of the SNP's General Election manifesto that "next year and in future years we will not assume a 1% pay cap" for public sector workers alongside a commitment to work with trade unions.

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The statement echoes comments made by the First Minister to Prospect and other Civil Service unions during a recent meeting.

"Prospect has been at the forefront of calls for Scottish Ministers to change the direction of pay for a number of years" said National Secretary for Scotland Richard Hardy "it's very much to be welcomed that in manifesto for the Westminster elections the SNP have indicated they are now willing to change direction"

Hardy continues "the change, however will not impact members until 2018 and our members face very real issues as inflation is already climbing, and we will continue to make representations to the Scottish Government about how we address members concerns now, not next year"