Electricians could strike in defence of pay rates

All-out strike action by 6,500 electricians could cause serious disruption to major infrastructural projects and manufacturing within a matter of weeks.

The Technical Engineering and Electrical Union is balloting its members across the electrical contracting industry for strike action in defence of pay rates which, it says, employers plan to reduce on a firm-by-firm basis.

Last May, the Supreme Court ruled that registered employment agreements were unconstitutional.