A senior union official says their claim for next year is likely to include an extra 3% for the sales tax, and says his 5,000 members are prepared to ‘fight their corner’. But when next year’s Business Plan was agreed by the States in September, no provision was made for an extra 3%. Public sector pay claims are usually based on the March RPI – meaning next year’s would not take into account the impact of the tax which is set to start on 1 May. Nick Corbel, the district official for the transport and general workers section of Unite, says the gap between rich and poor in Jersey is widening. He stopped short of threatening strike action, saying only that his members would react to the ministerial position in an appropriate way.
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