An agreement was reached between employer and electrician unions today at talks aimed to a stop a threateend nationwide strike.
The Construction Industry Federation (CIF) tonight welcomed the agreement reached at the Labour Relations Commission.
Existing pay arrangements will continue to apply for electricians under the agreement reached, the CIF said in a statmement.
The federation and the Technical Electrical and Engineering Union (TEEU) have agreed to recommend these proposals to their memebers for acceptance, the statement said.
CIF director general Tom Parlon hoped the resolution would “avert the impending industrial action” from February 24th.
“These proposals will allay any concerns clients had in relation to disruptions on site. We hope to see the proposals ratified in the coming days,” he added.
The dispute centred around a claim for a 4.9 per cent pay increase recommended by the Labour court in 2009 but never implemented. The union had also taken issue with a decision by electrical contractors to allow their members to impose pay cuts unilaterally on a firm by firm basis.
