Unions to recommend new offer from construction employers
18th September 2009
Yesterday evening, at a conference of senior union
representatives from the engineering construction industry, a
decision was reached to recommend an offer from the employers on a
new national agreement covering workers in the engineering
construction industry.
Unite, the biggest union in construction, will now hold a
consultative ballot of its members in construction with a
recommendation from the union to accept the offer. The results of
the ballot will be known within a fortnight.
Unite assistant general secretary, Les Bayliss, said: “Following
months of intense negotiations, the union is now in a position to
recommend an offer from the employers to thousands of workers in
the construction industry.
“If the offer is accepted by the workers there is the
opportunity for industrial peace in an industry which has been
plagued by unrest, thanks to certain unscrupulous employers.
“With a significant number of new build projects on the horizon,
the construction industry is hugely important to the UK economy and
will help bring the UK out of recession. If the offer is accepted,
it's in everyone's interest to make the agreement work.”
The National Agreement for the Engineering Construction Industry
(NAECI) has operated since 1981. If the new agreement is accepted
it will run from 1st January 2010 to 31st December 2011.
ENDS
Contact Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315
Details of the offer can be found at www.njceci.co.uk
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