GeoAmey - 2025 PAY OFFER – REPS RECOMMEND REJECTION - 28 October 2025
        
            
                        
        
    
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Dear members,
We hope you are all well.
Your GMB National Reps have now met the Company on 3 occasions trying to secure a pay and conditions offer that we can recommend to members for acceptance.
The Company pay offer of £0.50p per hour remains unchanged, and the overtime options we explored did not result in a proposal that would make up for this low offer:
2025 COMPANY PAY OFFER
- £0.50 p/h (4%) increase for PCO’s (less than 1 year service) – new rate £13.00 p/h
- £0.50 p/h (3.66%) for PCO’s (more than 1 year service) – new rate £14.15 p/h
- £0.50 p/h (3.33%) for PCV Drivers – new rate £15.65 p/h.
- New PCO’s moving to full pay rate after first 10 months of employment, a reduction in 2 months from the current term.
- £300 per annum paid equally over 12 months for C1 drivers with a commitment to an annual review
“We firmly believe this is a generous and fair offer representing an overall increase of 4.32%, well above inflation, and building further on the progressive prior year pay deals.”
GMB NATIONAL REPS VIEW – RECOMMENDING REJECTION
Your GMB National Reps know the Company can afford to pay more pure and simple – the £0.50p offer is not enough and that in the present climate GMB members should not forgo a larger pay increase to divert funds to areas where the Company is struggling to recruit/retain i.e. entry rate of pay for PCO’s or C1’s.
After years where members have sacrificed terms and conditions to support the Company, now is the time to put something back in – especially as in 2024 the Company has awarded shareholders another £5M in dividend payments, bringing the total amount of dividends to £19M in total since 2020.
Remember it only costs just over £400K to give staff a 1% wage rise, so even a small proportion of the £19M in recent years would make a massive difference to staffing levels and wages, but the Company has made clear their priority to pay shareholders, Geo and Amey.
On top of that you can see from the annual report below the Company payments to its Executive Board in 2023 and 2024 (please see the text referencing the changing number of Executives over the period 2023-2024):
Key Management of the Company is considered to be the Executive Board, which does not include any statutory directors. In the current year there have been five (2023: six) members of staff who are considered to be key management.
| Key management remuneration | Year ended 31 December 2024 | Year ended 31 December 2025 | 
| Salaries and other income | £922,000.00 | £846,000.00 | 
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| Pensions costs | £71,000.00 | £59,000.00 | 
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Members can see for themselves the overall Company performance in 2023 and 2024 in its annual report here:
Geo Amey Noticeboard | GMB Union
PUBLIC DEMONSTRATIONS
We have previously asked members if they would be prepared to participate in public action, demonstrations etc to raise awareness of the low pay and working conditions on the contract.
With the current public focus on law, order and community safety, we believe that there is an opportunity to secure support for members in pushing for a better pay rise and working conditions. This will involve engaging with MP’s of all persuasions across the PECS contract.
When we ballot members on the offer (more below) we will also be asking if you are prepared to participate and support public action in your area and with your MP’s.
BALLOTING PROCESS – ELECTRONIC BALLOTS – REPS WORKPLACE MEETINGS
In order to maintain momentum this year we will initially ballot members electronically, at the same time GMB JNC Reps will hold meetings across locations to update members on the details and process.
Should any member be away, on holiday or we don’t have an electronic contact, we will ensure they receive either an email with the link or a postal ballot.
The ballot will ask for information like your membership number, mobile, court or base location so we can cross check information and ensure no multiple votes – the ballots will go straight to GMB’s National Officer and all personal information will be deleted before ballots are counted.
If members choose to reject the offer we will proceed to ACAS for further negotiations, though GMB will formally request we skip ahead straight to arbitration.
We will shortly commence workplace visits to see members and also opening the ballot; it will close on midday Friday 7th November.
Lastly please ensure that colleagues who aren’t members take the chance to join to ensure that they too are able to have their say on pay: www.gmb.org.uk/join-gmb or to update their personal details so that they receive their ballot by SMS – visit https://www.gmb.org.uk/members and edit your contact details.
Yours in union,
GMB GEO AMEY JNC GMB NATIONAL OFFICER
 
				