Eight contractors that walked out of the Joint Industry Board wage agreement talks have written to their employees to present an alternative agreement, in a move branded as a bid to "de-unionise" the industry by union Unite. Blane Judd, chief executive officer of the Heating and Ventilating Contractors'Association (HVCA), said about 6,000 staff would receive copies of the proposed agreement, which the HVCA helped to draw up.
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