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Site wages row looms as union dismisses “derisory” pay offer

Site wages row looms as union dismisses “derisory” pay offer

Site wages row looms as union dismisses “derisory” pay offer
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Site wages row looms as union dismisses “derisory” pay offer
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Vehicles and staff from Alufix UK Ltd staged the protest earlier this week at the Thornton Park Residences site in Clapham where Henry Construction is main contractor. Alufix has had its contract terminated by Henry and claims it is owed more than a million pounds for work on the job. Alufix also claimed that its materials were still on the site and staff had been denied access to retrieve them. The protest at the gates lasted more than 24 hours before it was broken-up. Pictures shared on soci...
Vehicles and staff from Alufix UK Ltd staged the protest earlier this week at the Thornton Park Residences site in Clapham where Henry Construction is main contractor. Alufix has had its contract terminated by Henry and claims it is owed more than a million pounds for work on the job. Alufix also claimed that its materials were still on the site and staff had been denied access to retrieve them. The protest at the gates lasted more than 24 hours before it was broken-up. Pictures shared on soci...
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The confusion follows a bust-up between unions and employers on the industry’s largest working rule agreement covering more than 500,000 workers, primarily in civil engineering and the ‘biblical’ trades. Contractor representatives on the Construction Industry Joint Council have rejected union calls to agree one extra day’s paid public holiday, in order to allow workers to pay their respects to the Queen. In a statement, the employers’ side said: “Taking all relevant factors that ap...
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Union bosses are now calling on other contractors to follow suit and boost their terms beyond the statutory rate which can be as little as £16 per day. Unite regional officer for the construction sector Malcolm Bonnett said: “Unite has been campaigning hard to end the discrimination on sick pay for construction workers so we’re delighted by this victory. “Statutory sick pay in the UK is the lowest in Europe so it was vital we persuaded the employer, a wealthy business, that they had a d...
Union bosses are now calling on other contractors to follow suit and boost their terms beyond the statutory rate which can be as little as £16 per day. Unite regional officer for the construction sector Malcolm Bonnett said: “Unite has been campaigning hard to end the discrimination on sick pay for construction workers so we’re delighted by this victory. “Statutory sick pay in the UK is the lowest in Europe so it was vital we persuaded the employer, a wealthy business, that they had a d...
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