Youth Work pay increase called for...

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Pay and conditions: Youth work unions call for significant pay rise
By Tom Lloyd - 17/07/07


The body representing youth workers in pay negotiations has called for a “substantial” rise in salaries.
The staff side of the Joint Negotiating Committee believes a sharp increase is needed as recognition of the importance of youth work grows, and the profession moves towards graduate status in 2010.
Doug Nicholls, general secretary of the Community and Youth Workers’ Union, and secretary for the staff side, said: “Anything less than six per cent is a cut in real terms, and to move to graduate level requires a major jump.”
The staff side of the committee outlines its case in a pay claim submitted to the employers’ side last week. It states the starting salary of £18,807 compares poorly with average graduate starting salaries, which are estimated at £21,445 to £27,500.
It also calls for improvements in London living allowances,
the introduction of a month
of maternity support leave, as well as an increase in paid maternity leave.
Les Lawrence, chair of the

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