Strike vote starts for engineering construction workers

More than 3,000 engineering construction workers operating under the Blue Book agreement are being balloted for strike action.
Construction union Unite said workers are angry that the value of their pay has been progressively falling since the pandemic under the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry (NAECI).
During Covid, they agreed to a pay freeze even though they provided essential services throughout. In January 2022, they received a two year pay deal of 2.5 per cent for 2