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16/04/2009
BATJIC Acts to Save Jobs
The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has announced that the 2009/10 round of negotiations has concluded, and that that there will be no increase to the pay, allowances, and conditions agreement currently in force when it expires in June 2009.
In a statement issued yesterday they said the rates introduced in June 2008 will therefore remain in place for a further year.
Speaking for the employers' side, Richard Diment, Director-General of the FMB said: "The FMB regrets that these negotiations have been concluded without being able to agree some form of increase. However, it has become clear that conditions are not going to improve sufficiently for any form of increase to be possible for this year, and there is clearly a need to provide certainty on wages for firms pricing for what little work there is out there."
Commenting for the workers side, Bob Blackman, National Secretary for Construction at Unite, said: "I am extremely disappointed that no increases have been possible for this year.
"BATJIC has a long record of delivering real improvements in pay and conditions for construction workers and it is a real shame that we have not been able to deliver improvements for our members this year. We are hoping that conditions improve sufficiently for agreement to be reached next year for the 2010/11 pay round."
(CD/BMcC)
In a statement issued yesterday they said the rates introduced in June 2008 will therefore remain in place for a further year.
Speaking for the employers' side, Richard Diment, Director-General of the FMB said: "The FMB regrets that these negotiations have been concluded without being able to agree some form of increase. However, it has become clear that conditions are not going to improve sufficiently for any form of increase to be possible for this year, and there is clearly a need to provide certainty on wages for firms pricing for what little work there is out there."
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Commenting for the workers side, Bob Blackman, National Secretary for Construction at Unite, said: "I am extremely disappointed that no increases have been possible for this year.
"BATJIC has a long record of delivering real improvements in pay and conditions for construction workers and it is a real shame that we have not been able to deliver improvements for our members this year. We are hoping that conditions improve sufficiently for agreement to be reached next year for the 2010/11 pay round."
(CD/BMcC)
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