Electricians’ dispute over pay set to re-ignite

THE dispute over pay between unions and electrical contractors which saw a week-long strike by electricians and delays in some of the country’s major infrastructural projects looks set to re-ignite next week.

An application has been lodged with the Labour Court for the implementation of 4.9% pay increases across the sector, through a variation of the industry’s Registered Employment Agreement (REA).

That percentage increase is significantly less than the 11% initially sought by the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), which represents 10,500 electricians.