Construction workers accept pay rise
Three trade unions, Ucatt, Unite and the GMB, said basic pay rates would increase from January, with the agreement running for a year.
The unions said it was a “significant improvement” on a previous offer of 1.6 per cent, which would have been paid in January and continued until June 2014.
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Hide AdSteve Murphy, general secretary of Ucatt, said it was the “absolute minimum” that construction workers were prepared to accept and warned employers they must understand that this was only the first step in addressing low pay within the industry.
Phil Davies, of the GMB, said the offer was the best that could be achieved under the present economic circumstances.