Building engineering services workers accept 7% pay rise

Plumbers and heating and ventilating engineers will receive a 7% uplift in their pay in October thanks to an agreement between Unite union and contractors.
The rise forms part of a two-year agreement that will see pay rise a further 3% in October 2024 and includes some additional enhancements to pension provisions.
The Building Engineering Services Association negotiated the new rates for hourly paid operatives on behalf of the industry’s employers with Unite.
An earlier offer was rejected