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Agreement on high wages for Hinkley Point nuclear construction staff hailed (UK)
A “ground-breaking” agreement on pay and conditions for thousands of workers set to build a new nuclear power station will see wage rates increase to at least £13 an hour.
The GMB, Ucatt and Unite unions said 5,000 workers at the EDF site in Hinkley Point, Somerset, will be “directly employed, well rewarded, and treated with respect and dignity” under the deal.
The French company is yet to start construction work on the site as protracted negotiations continue with the Government over the so-called strike price for electricity produced from the new power station. The project will be the largest single building site in Britain, with 5,000 workers employed at the peak of construction.
The unions said months of negotiations had led to an agreement, which includes a craft rate of £13 an hour. The Civil Engineering Sector Agreement establishes pay rates for the workforce which unions said are “significantly” above current rates of around £10.80 an hour. The agreement sets out provision for bonus and productivity schemes, as well as pension payments.
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Agreement-high-wages-Hinkley-Point-nuclear/story-19205836-detail/story.html#axzz2VRRJ3FA2
The GMB, Ucatt and Unite unions said 5,000 workers at the EDF site in Hinkley Point, Somerset, will be “directly employed, well rewarded, and treated with respect and dignity” under the deal.
The French company is yet to start construction work on the site as protracted negotiations continue with the Government over the so-called strike price for electricity produced from the new power station. The project will be the largest single building site in Britain, with 5,000 workers employed at the peak of construction.
The unions said months of negotiations had led to an agreement, which includes a craft rate of £13 an hour. The Civil Engineering Sector Agreement establishes pay rates for the workforce which unions said are “significantly” above current rates of around £10.80 an hour. The agreement sets out provision for bonus and productivity schemes, as well as pension payments.
http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Agreement-high-wages-Hinkley-Point-nuclear/story-19205836-detail/story.html#axzz2VRRJ3FA2
