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Schools
Pay Body Abolished
GOVE LEAVES SCHOOLS AND
LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN LURCH ONCE AGAIN AS GOVERNMENT ABOLISHES PAY REVIEW BODY FOR 450,000 SCHOOL STAFF SAYS GMB Secretary of State for Education Micheal Gove announced that he will abolish the
School Support Staff Negotiating Body (SSSNB). " at the earliest opportunity" . He said this was because it "does
not fit well with the Government's priorities for greater deregulation of the pay and conditions arrangements for the
school workforce". The Teachers' Pay Review Body and all other Pay Review Bodies have been retained by the new Government.
The School Support Staff Negotiating
Body (SSSNB) was created only last year to make recommendations for a new national pay and conditions framework for 450,000
school support staff in maintained schools in England. It covers staff such as teaching assistants, cover supervisors, pupil
welfare and support staff, bursers and school business managers, technicians and site managers. The SSSNB is a statutory body
similar to the Teachers' Pay Review Body.
The Tories and
Lib Dems supported the SSSNB when they were in Opposition. Gove is wrong to say now that the SSSNB isn't needed,
and he's wrong to abolish it before it's even had a chance to put forward recommendations.
School Visits
The GMB Birmingham & West Midlands Regions aim is to visit every School
at least once a year, to discuss any issues that affect School Support Staff in Schools, and to give them up-to-date information.
If you have not yet had a visit from us or wish to arrange another one then please do not hesitate to contact the Regional
Office on 0121 550 4888 or by email to westmids@gmb.org.uk
Joint Circular from the Support Staff Working Group, School Support Staff Negotiating
Body.
Joint Circular from the SSWG
Workforce Agreement Monitoring Group Notes.
School Workforce News 32
GMB@School Newsletter Autumn 09
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