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Pay deal agreed at JCB

19 Dec 16 Shop floor workers at JCB have voted to accept a 2.2% pay rise for 2017 as part of a newly-agreed three year wage deal.

The agreement on pay was reached following a vote by GMB members and will see around 3,200 JCB employees receive the increase from 1st January 2017. The rise is linked to November’s retail price index (RPI), announced last week. Increases in 2018 and 2019 will also be linked to those years’ respective November RPI figures.

The latest deal follows the expiry on 31st December of the previous three-year pay deal agreed in 2013. It covers employees at JCB’s plants in Rocester, Uttoxeter, Cheadle, Rugeley, Wrexham and Foston.

JCB chief executive Graeme Macdonald said: “I am pleased an agreement has been reached on a long-term pay deal for JCB’s UK shop floor employees. It gives us the stability we need to plan for 2017 and beyond as we seek to grow the business in the next few years.”

GMB works convenor Gordon Richardson said: “I would like to thank our membership and all those involved in the talks for the unity and solidarity that has been shown during the discussions. 2016 has been a year of steady growth tinged with a modicum of uncertainty. Hopefully 2017 onwards will see increases in the volume of machines manufactured, generating more job security for GMB members.”

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