Unite artists at Yellow Pages to ballot on new pay deal
Friday 27th June 2008
Unite, the UK’s largest trade union, is to ballot artists and
designers working under the Art Studio Directories Agreement and
producing advertisements for Yellow Pages Directories, on a new pay
offer negotiated by Unite Officials and representatives this
week.
The proposed new pay deal provides for a 4.2% increase on
minimum wages from 1st July 2008.
Commenting on the pay deal, Tony Burke, Assistant General
Secretary said "The majority of artists and designers working under
the agreement will get a £15 per week increase. Given the
difficult situation within the Directories industry and in
particular the ongoing move over to electronic information, our
negotiating panel which includes representatives from the Slough
and Manchester Studios are recommending the pay deal as the best
achievable under all the circumstances."
Members working under the Agreement will be balloted in the next
two weeks.
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For more information contact Tony Burke, Tel: 07831 659939
