Electricians and employers in dispute

ELECTRICIANS and their employers could be on a collision course once more after one of the biggest employer bodies withdrew from discussions on a new pay deal for the industry.

The executive of the Association of Electrical Contractors Ireland (AECI) has written to the Labour Relations Commission not only informing it of its withdrawal from the negotiations on a new registered employment agreement (REA) for the electrical industry, but also that it is “pursuing members’ instructions for the removal of the REA for this industry”.

The REA is a legally-binding agreement which sets pay and conditions for 10,000 industry workers.