{"id":12094,"date":"2023-01-23T16:09:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:09:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/welsh-refinery-construction-workers-win-11-pay-rise\/"},"modified":"2023-01-23T16:09:52","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T00:09:52","slug":"welsh-refinery-construction-workers-win-11-pay-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/welsh-refinery-construction-workers-win-11-pay-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh refinery construction workers win 11% pay rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"-\"<\/a>
\n<\/p>\n


\n\t
\n
\n <\/p>\n
\n

The maintenance workers who are members of union Unite, and employed under the terms of the NAECI blue book agreement, took prolonged strike action late last year for a rise in bonus payments to offset soaring inflation rates.<\/p>\n

The three subcontracted firms that refused to implement bonuses last year were Jenkins and Davies, Altrad Engineering and Altrad support services.<\/p>\n

\n
<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Under the agreement, the workers have now secured an increase in bonus payments worth \u00a32.06 an hour.<\/p>\n

For a skilled worker, this works out as a pay increase of 10.6%, while for the lowest paid apprentices the increase is worth 24.5%.<\/p>\n

\n
\"-\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

In addition, workers were unhappy that the bonus was not normally paid during outages and slowdowns, however the employers have agreed to negotiate a new supplementary agreement to cover such events.<\/p>\n

While the Valero dispute has been concluded, there are ongoing national negotiations to resolve similar disputes affecting other NAECI sites.<\/p>\n

If those talks decide a higher bonus payment should be made than the Valero workforce will receive the higher amount.<\/p>\n

\n
\"-\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\"-\"<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n


\n
\n <\/p>\n