Screen printing industry: 3.5% increase
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KEY DETAILS Pay award: minimum industry rates increase by 3.5% Employees covered (nos.): screen printers, technicians and production artists (approximately 4,000) Effective date: 1 January 2007 |
The national minimum rates applicable to workers employed by member companies of the Digital and Screen Printing Association (DSPA) were increased by 3.5% from the anniversary date of 1 January 2007. This follows national pay negotiations between the DSPA and the graphical and media section of Amicus. As a result of the agreement, the industry’s minimum earnings guarantee rises in line with the general award to £230.82 a week. This means that no adult employee covered by the agreement will earn less than this for working a standard 37.5-hour week.
Last year's settlement increased national minimum rates by 2.8% for most employees from 1 January, with the lowest grade in the pay structure, grade 4, deleted from the same date.
Screen printing industry: national minimum grade rates, 1.1.071 |
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Grade |
Job examples |
£ph |
£pw |
1 |
Printers using fully automatic machines or large-format digital presses; fully skilled craftworkers (guillotine and plate operators and screen and stencil makers) |
6.53 |
244.80 |
2 |
Printers using semi-automatic machines or |
6.25 |
234.34 |
3 |
Semi-skilled craft grades |
6.02 |
225.94 |
1. 37.5-hour week. |
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