Members in CBRE are being urged to accept a CWU-brokered pay deal which delivers minimum base pay rises of 8% to engineers, fabric technicians, grounds maintenance staff, helpdesk advisers and multi-skilled hosts working on the outsourced facilities services provider’s BT contract.

Electronic voting forms were emailed to all CWU members covered by the company’s ‘full and final’ offer yesterday (Wednesday) – with members now having two weeks to decide whether to accept the proposed 2023 pay settlement that emerged at the culmination of intensive negotiations.

The 8% base pay offer is linked with an uplift in the minimum salary on CBRE’s BT account from £22,000 to £24,100 (FTE) – an increase of just over 9.55% – with CWU-represented grade employees receiving whichever is greater for them.

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