Construction Workers' Pay

EDM number 487 in 2010-12, proposed by Natascha Engel on 13/07/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Construction industry and Pay.

That this House notes that the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) employers have failed to offer a pay rise this year; further notes that the 500,000 to 600,000 workers governed by the agreement have not received a pay increase since 2008; further notes that the failure to offer a pay rise means that the lowest paid general operatives rate for labourers is just 7.75 an hour and is now lower than the London Living Wage of 7.85 an hour; believes that employers are treating hard-working construction workers with contempt; calls on all construction contractors, particularly those operating in London and the South East and especially those operating on all Olympic-related projects, to ensure that all construction workers are paid a minimum rate of equivalent of the London Living Wage; and calls onCIJCemployers to return to the negotiating table and to offer a reasonable pay rise to all affected construction workers this year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 25 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.