CAMPAIGN Electrical workers
n By Keith Hatch
ELECTRICAL WORKERS CALLING ALL
Making your voice heard
Activists and officers from the Unite Electrical, Mechanical Engineering Construction (EMEC) Combine have been talking to members and handing out leaflets outside building sites to raise awareness for the unions campaign to set a fair rate for electrical workers.
Unite is currently carrying out a pay and salary benchmarking survey. This was agreed as part of the last pay settlement as a way to understand the reality of pay across the electrical contracting sector. All parties that make up the JIB /SJIB (Unite, Select and ECA) will be involved carrying out the benchmarking exercise.
The Unite EMEC Combine is clear that the rates being paid across the industry to electrical workers are making the current rates in the agreements close to redundant.
The benchmarking survey is vital to understanding the current situation and getting the improvement workers deserve.
London Unite construction officer, Declan Murphy, above, was one of those outside building sites welcoming workers on their way to work. He was keen to get the word out about the Electrical Contracting Rates Campaign, as well as take the opportunity to talk about apprenticeships rates on sites.
Declan said, “There was a lot of interest in the campaigns and how Unite is supporting workers to improve pay and conditions.
“Lots of people have already completed the survey, but we need as many workers as possible to tell us about their current rates so Unite can review rates and negotiate better pay for
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electrical installation workers and apprentices.”
The survey only takes 10 minutes to complete and will support the Unite campaign to establish a rate of pay for electrical workers that properly reflects their skills and experience, as well as responding to the reality of pay across the wider electrical contracting sector.
Unite members in the sector should have already had an email or text with a link to the survey, but just in case you have not received it you can find at
https://surveys.unitetheunion.org/ and click on Unite EMEC Combine - Electrical Contracting - Survey
Unite is also encouraging non- members to complete the survey and consider the benefits of signing up to become a member.
Mark Thomas
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