Circular No. NP/155/10/MC
26th August 2010
H.O. Ref: R14/5
TO: ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS, REGIONAL OFFICES,
COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES & HO OFFICERS.
Dear Members,
RMT PAY BULLETIN
August 2010
July 2010 retail prices index rate: 4.8%
The July rates of RPI and CPI were published by the Office for National Statistics on the 17th August 2010. The July 2010 retail prices index rate is 4.8%. This is down from 5.0% in June. The Government’s preferred measure of inflation, CPI, is at 3.1%, down from 3.2% in June. The next publication date is the 14th September 2010.
The decrease in the rate of inflation was mainly due to the price of second-hand cars falling between June and July this year but rising over the same period a year ago; the price increase of 3.0 per cent last year was a record for a June to July period. There was also a downward effect from petrol with prices falling by 0.7 pence per litre between June and July this year but rising by 1.1 pence per litre a year ago.
The largest upward pressures to the change in inflation came from:
· a variety of food and non-alcoholic beverages with the single largest upward effect from vegetable prices
· furniture, household equipment and maintenance where prices, overall, fell by less than a year ago.
In pay submissions the RMT will continue to emphasise that your financial commitments have increased at a much greater rate than inflation and your living standards have suffered as a result.
Full-time Average Weekly Earnings by Occupation
Labour Research has published an analysis of average full-time weekly earnings based upon the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2009 (up-rated).
| Occupation/Sector | Weekly Wage (£) |
| All workers | 592.60 |
| All male | 648.80 |
| All female | 505.70 |
| Managers | 870.80 |
| Professionals | 791.00 |
| Associate Professionals* | 612.10 |
| Admin & Secretarial | 415.40 |
| Skilled/craft | 488.90 |
| Services** | 352.30 |
| Sales | 327.40 |
| Operatives | 448.00 |
| Other manual jobs*** | 349.80 |
* Associate professionals includes technicians, nurses, police, firefighters, media/PR workers, train drivers, legal and finance workers and sales reps
** Services means personal service occupations such as care workers, travel assistants, hairdressers, caretakers
*** Other manual jobs includes farm workers, labourers, dockers, postal workers, porters, waiters and cleaners
Recent non-RMT settlements
Company /Sector | Award | Effective From |
| BAA | A 2% increase to basic pay | 1 Mar 2010 |
| Domino | A 3% increase to basic pay | 1 July 2010 |
| Lockheed Martin | A 3% increase to basic pay | 6 Mar 2010 |
Recent RMT Settlements | |||
Company | Award | Effective From | |
Railway | |||
Arriva Cross Country | Year Two (2 year deal)
| 1 Apr 2010 | |
| London Transport & Other Metro | |||
| Tubelines | Pay 2010 · A 4.2% increase in basic rates backdated to 1st April 2010. · 0.5% of the offer is conditional on reaching the agreement on rostering arrangements which are outlined below. Pay 2011 · An RPI level of inflation increase plus 0.5% or a minimum of 0.5%, whichever is greater. The RPI figure used will be based on the January 2011 figure published in February 2011. This will be effective from 1st April 2011. Pay 2012 · An RPI level of inflation increase plus 0.5% or a minimum of 0.5%, whichever is greater. The RPI figure used will be based on the January 2012 figure published in February 2012. This will be effective from 1st April 2012. | 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Workshop & Train Maintenance | |||
| Alstom Transport West Coast |
· In accepting this offer, employees agree to actively support and engage in the Company’s APSYS (continuous improvement) initiative. As published on the ALSTOM Intranet. | 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Alstom Chester | · A one year deal for a general increase in basic rates of pay by 2%. | 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Road Transport & Bus | |||
| DHL Coventry | · A one-year deal with a 2% increase plus productivity bonuses for warehouse members and KPL bonuses for driver members. | 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Veolia Transport | · A 3% increase to all basic rates. · The next pay review date will be September 2011 and this will form the review date each year thereafter (unless otherwise agreed). · There will be no back pay to April 2010. · There will be no increases made on any enhanced rates. | 1 Sept 2010 | |
| DHL Chester | · A 2% increase on basic rates from the anniversary date, no strings attached. | 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Infrastructure | |||
| VolkerRail |
| 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Cleaning & Catering | |||
| At Seat Catering |
| 1 Apr 2010 | |
| Shipping | |||
| Wightlink | Year One – January 2011 · An increase of RPI+0.4% with RPI as measured in October 2010 with a minimum increase of 2.5%. · In addition to the minimum percentage increase, the minimum cash increase would be £750 for full time employees which will be applied pro rata for part time and seasonal staff. Year Two – January 2012 · An increase of RPI+0.4% with RPI as measured in October 2011 with a minimum increase of 1.75%. · In addition to the minimum percentage increase, the minimum cash increase would be £775 for full time employees which will be applied pro rata for part time and seasonal staff. Year Three – January 2013 · An increase of RPI+0.3% with RPI as measured in October 2012 with a minimum increase of 2.0%. · In addition to the minimum percentage increase, the minimum cash increase would be £850 for full time employees which will be applied pro rata for part time and seasonal staff. Year Four – January 2014 · An increase of RPI+0.2% with RPI as measured in October 2013 with a minimum increase of 2.25%. · In addition to the minimum percentage increase, the minimum cash increase would be £875 for full time employees which will be applied pro rata for part time and seasonal staff. | 1 Jan 2011 | |
Yours sincerely,
Bob Crow
General Secretary
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