THE GUARDIAN
By Patrick Wintour , Labour Correspondent
A meeting of Austin Rover shop stewards yesterday recommended acceptance of a two year pay deal. The recommendation which will be put in a ballot of the company’s 28,000 manual workers over the next week also rejects industrial action. The company has offered a 3 per cent increase on basic rates in each of the two years.
The basic gross pay of an average skilled worker would rise to £148 a week from November and to £152.45 in the second year of the deal. In addition , workers would have the opportunity to earn a maximum £43.50 bonus per week, of which £33.50 would consist of productivity bonus and £10 a new quality bonus.
After a meeting of more than 100 shop stewards yesterday at Coventry, union leader s conceded that the relative ease of this year’s negotiations reflected the commercial difficulties facing the British motor car industry. A key to the settlement was management’s willingness to drop proposals for unpopular new shift patterns.
Workers at Jaguar Cars in Coventry returned to work yesterday after shop stewards outlined a temporary peace formula: aimed at giving time for fresh talks over union objections to work measurement. Separate pay talks at Jaguar resume today.
Keith Adams
Is the Editor of the Parkers website and price guide, formerly editor of Classic Car Weekly, and launch editor/creator of Modern Classics magazine. Has contributed to various motoring titles including Octane, Practical Classics, Evo, Honest John, CAR magazine, Autocar, Pistonheads, Diesel Car, Practical Performance Car, Performance French Car, Car Mechanics, Jaguar World Monthly, MG Enthusiast, Modern MINI, Practical Classics, Fifth Gear Website, Radio 4, and the the Motoring Independent...
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