How much is a good wage in Sheffield

[DerbyTup 10]

Sounds like a cool career,and ideal for access to free ice-creams.

 

my mate was a refrigerator engineer. He travelled all around the country repairing fridges and earned a good wage. But the hours were long and he never managed to hold down a relationship. He kept getting the cold shoulder.

[Murphy Jnr 10]

no.

 

There should be a question after the words, "Happy now?" as well.

 

Not if it's rhetorical

[ptathion 10]

I thought the insistence of Part p in build regs would help your fight.Your publicity machine is poor as it is quite shocking to treat sparks this way-can you shed a little more light ?

 

Seven of the largest electrical employers have decided to introduce new terms and conditions and a new grading system, they gave notice to their employees just over 3 months ago the deadline being 7th of december to either sign or be out of work. Unite, the union, balloted the members of BBES and had a majority of 81% to start industrial action but BBES soliciters declared it an illegal ballot so Unite now have to reballot.

 

Unite have been slow getting off their backsides so far and much of the organising and information sharing has been done by the rank and file.

 

There are other issues too like the growing difficulty in getting a job on the books and being forced to work via an agency to get employement which seems to allow some employment laws to be bypassed and saves the employer paying NI

 

Maybe the employers are really just trying to do whats best for everyone involved personaly I think they would be extreemly happy if they could order their employees around with impunity disregarding any and all employment laws and JIB/Union agreements.

 

have a read of some of whats happening http://www.jibelectrician.blogspot.com/

[ChrisT70 10]

Seven of the largest electrical employers have decided to introduce new terms and conditions and a new grading system, they gave notice to their employees just over 3 months ago the deadline being 7th of december to either sign or be out of work. Unite, the union, balloted the members of BBES and had a majority of 81% to start industrial action but BBES soliciters declared it an illegal ballot so Unite now have to reballot.

 

Unite have been slow getting off their backsides so far and much of the organising and information sharing has been done by the rank and file.

 

There are other issues too like the growing difficulty in getting a job on the books and being forced to work via an agency to get employement which seems to allow some employment laws to be bypassed and saves the employer paying NI

 

Maybe the employers are really just trying to do whats best for everyone involved personaly I think they would be extreemly happy if they could order their employees around with impunity disregarding any and all employment laws and JIB/Union agreements.

 

have a read of some of whats happening http://www.jibelectrician.blogspot.com/

 

thats what i'd heard, its like stepping back 10-15yrs and making a mockery of the competent electricians role.

[0742Sheff 10]

What do you people think is a good weeks wage for a skilled person eg gas engineer or electrician in Sheffield

 

There is normally quite a difference in those two jobs when it comes to wages. You'll need to be more specific. What qualifications do you expect both trades to hold, for example.

 

no such thing as a good wage in sheffield

 

Trade has slowed down but there will always be a decent wage for decent tradesmen.