Employers Continue Their De-skilling Agenda!
By A.N. Gryspark
So it's 2/3 years since the employers charter, BESNA was
thrown our way, and was successfully stopped from coming into existence(although
we all know it goes on). However, we are not naive enough to think that the
employers would give up with their agenda of de-skilling the industry, are we?
Of course not, and as expected it has arrived at our door once again through
the JIB agreement!
The deal on offer from the ECA is quite clear on what it is
about, accept a 2%(30p) rise for 2015, a 3%(45p) rise for 2016 but you must
agree to the introduction of 2 new "Entrant Grades" as they are
calling them.
So what are these "Entrant Grades"?