Unite have confirmed the outcome of the ballot of public sector members that closed at midday today. Members were balloted on whether to accept the terms of the Dispute Resolution Agreement reached between Unite and HMGOG as a way forward on public sector pay or reject to remain in dispute.

77.2% of those members that participated in the ballot voted to accept the proposal and 22.8% voted against, this was on a turnout of 34.35%. This means that the terms of the Dispute Resolution Agreement will now become live and binding on both Unite and Government.

Stuart Davies, National Officer for Unite Gibraltar stated: “The ballot result means that the terms of the Dispute Resolution Agreement have been accepted by our public sector membership, with the agreement now live and binding on the parties. We look forward to engaging with HMGOG as to the implementation of the agreement in full.

“The proposed negotiations across the next nine months as to a proposed, multi-year pay agreement to recover the real terms losses in pay in full since August 2019 were absolutely key to resolving the dispute between Unite and HMGOG. Clearly it is not going to be an easy process, Unite will engage in these negotiations robustly, but also constructively and positively, no doubt there will be ups and downs along the way; however by June there is the real possibility to achieve a landmark agreement on public sector pay and total reward”.