“At local level, it’s different."
Prison officers welcomes 5% pay award but calls for collective bargaining and pay restoration
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PRISON officers have welcomed the 5 per cent pay award that government is offering in line with the Prison Service Pay Review Body’s recommendations.
But their union the POA warned it did not address the cumulative impact of pay cuts over the years and demanded collective bargaining on pay and conditions.
National chair Mark Fairhurst said the award “does, in a small way, reward the heroics of front-line prison officers and related grades for their herculean efforts managing a service in crisis.
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