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Socialist Organiser1982 1982-10-07Read it in the scan (PDF), scan page 15 →
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TALKS are due to resume on October 25 over the Engineering Employers' Federation's 3.6% pay offer.
The offer - eerily close to the government's 3½% norm for the public sector - was rejected by leaders of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions at talks on September 24.
The Confed/EEF negotiations determine minimum rates for 1½ million engineering workers, with local negotiations on top. But the Financial Times reports that "many companies have told their employees this year that topping-up might not be possible"
The unions are calling for a rise in line with the rise in the cost of living, an increase in the unskilled rate to 80% of the skilled (it is now 72%), and cut in overtime.