Thin end of the wage
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The National Joint Council for the Building Industry meets at the beginning of Apr 1993 to discuss basic pay rates. A basic wage of over 159 pounds sterling for craft operators and over 135 pounds sterling for labourers for a 39-hour week was agreed in Jun 1992. The recession and an influx of Eastern Europeans has increased labour competition. Wages are as low as 2 pounds sterling an hour. The building industry fears that continued low wages will result in less school-leavers wanting to work in the industry. Others claim that higher wages will pressurise companies into making more redundancies.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1993
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Rising sum
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The 1996 survey of salaries in the UK construction industry reveals that these are rising throughout the industry. A project manager now earns an average of 26,600 pounds sterling and a senior quantity surveyor 24,961 pounds sterling. Workers in their thirties with experience and management potential are the big earners, particularly those in smaller companies for whom the getting right person for the job is the most important factor. The less ambitious will receive higher salaries and better benefits from larger contractors.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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New pay talks collapse without deal
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There is still disagreement between construction industry employers and trade unions in the UK about an industry-wide pay settlement for the period to 1999 and about the implementation of the Working Time Directive. Trade union officials have stated that a settlement is unlikely to be reached in the foreseeable future unless employers are prepared to change their stance. Unions feel that pay rates should rise as the market becomes more buoyant, especially as workers were prepared to accept pay freezes during the recession.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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