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Building brick industry: Rates rise by 4%

Key details

Pay award: 4% basic increase for 13 months, worth 3.7% on an annualised basis

Employees covered (nos.): all (6,000)

Effective date: 1 April 2006

The second stage of a two-year pay and conditions agreement negotiated between the GMB, the Transport and General Workers' Union and the British Ceramic Confederation sees national basic and individual domestic rates rise by 4%, giving a new national basic hourly rate of £6. 14, an increase of 23.6p per hour.