Electrical employers warn against strike

ELECTRICAL employers have warned that any follow up to last year’s strike over terms and conditions in the industry will only increase the level of unemployment among electricians.

The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) has said a decision by the Electrical Contractors Association to reject a 4.9% pay increase in the industry – to which it had initially agreed – had made a strike by 10,500 electricians “inevitable”.

However, in response, the bodies which represent contractors have claimed any pay increase will add to the ever increasing number of employers who are non-compliant.