Circular No. NP/214/10/MC
30th November 2010
H.O. Ref: R14/5
TO: ALL BRANCHES, REGIONAL COUNCILS, REGIONAL OFFICES,
COUNCIL OF EXECUTIVES & HO OFFICERS.
Dear Members,
RMT PAY BULLETIN
November 2010
October 2010 retail prices index rate: 4.5%
The October rates of RPI and CPI were published by the Office for National Statistics on the 16th November 2010. The October 2010 retail prices index rate is 4.5%. This is down from 4.6% in September. The Government’s preferred measure of inflation, CPI, is at 3.2%, up from 3.1% in September. The next publication date is the 14th December 2010.
The largest upward pressures to the change in inflation came from:
- fuel and lubricants where prices, overall, rose by 1.8 per cent between September and October this year compared to a fall of 0.7 per cent a year ago. This largely reflects a rise of 2.1 pence per litre in the price of petrol between September and October this year compared with a fall of 0.8 pence per litre a year ago. The rise in fuel prices this year includes the impact of the increase in road fuel duty, which took effect from 1 October 2010
- financial services where prices, overall, fell by less than a year ago. There were significant reductions in bank overdraft charges and mortgage arrangement fees between September and October last year which have not been repeated this year
- games, toys and hobbies where prices, overall, rose by 1.9 per cent this year compared to an increase of 0.4 per cent a year ago. The main upward effect this year came from computer games bought on the high street (rather than via the internet) where prices rose sharply
- alcoholic beverages and tobacco where prices, overall, rose by 0.8 per cent between September and October this year but fell by 0.2 per cent a year ago. No one component drove the upward contribution but there were small upward effects from wine, beer and tobacco
The largest downward pressure to the change in inflation came from:
- food where there were widespread downward effects. The most significant downward pressures came from vegetables and meat. Within vegetables the largest downward effects came from potato crisps and cauliflowers. The main downward effects in meat came from pig related products where it has been reported that healthy stock levels have helped push prices down
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 |
| Anglian Water | · 2.3% increase to basic pay | 1 Apr 2010 |
| Extracare Trust | · 2.25% increase to basic pay | 1 Oct 2010 |
| Craigmoor Heathcare | · 2% increase to basic pay | 1 Oct 2010 |
Recent RMT Settlements | |||
Company | Award | Effective From | |
| Bus & Road Transport | |||
| WebberBus | · The £10 weekly bonus payments to be consolidated into the basic rate, increasing the rate to £7.45 per hour. · The 40p per hour service payment to remain, therefore increasing the combined rate for service drivers to £7.85 per hour. As from 1st January 2011 · Rates of pay increased to £7.60 for all Drivers · The 40p per hour service payment to remain, therefore increasing the combined rate for service drivers to £8 per hour. · The 25p per hour payment for staff with over 3 years service will be reduced to also cover staff with 2 years service. · Revised arrangements for holiday pay will be based upon:- o 10 hours per day for four day week rosters/workers (i.e. 4 weeks leave equals 16 days or 160 hours, plus eight days bank holidays) o 8 hours per day for five day week rosters/workers (i.e. 4 weeks leave equals 20 days or 160 hours, plus eight days bank holidays) As from 1st May 2011 · Rates of pay to be increased by 25p per hour by RPI inflation as declared in March 2011 for all drivers. If greater than 3.15% the service payment and long service payment to remain the same with the next anniversary date being 1st May 2012. · 22 days leave (not including bank holidays) as from 1st January 2012. | 1 Nov 2010 | |
Yours sincerely,
Bob Crow
General Secretary
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