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Travel allowance row hits Hinkley Point site

Construction Enquirer

Mechanical, electrical and logistics workers are understood to have downed tools at Hinkley Point C in reaction to plans to cut travel allowances. A site source said: “Hundreds of workers for Balfour Beatty and NGBailey did not turn up for work today after rejecting a 50% cut to their travel allowances.

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Construction workers secure 7.6% pay increase

Construction Enquirer

Construction unions and contractors have agreed a pay increase from next month of at least 6% for around 500,000 site workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council agreement. In a two-stage CIJC deal, workers will receive a further 1.5% rise from 1 January 2024, delivering a compound increase of around 7.6%. from January.

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What Wal-Mart in Pullman Means for Chicago Retail and Restaurant Construction … and My Heart

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They have to travel miles to the inner city or the south suburbs to shop or buy groceries. Unions, politics, retail construction. The Pullman community has been adversely affected by high unemployment, increased crime and is lacking an overall retail environment. What a new Wal-Mart really means to Pullman residents.

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Student center(ed): Is the student union the key to retention?

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And the majority of their students—dependent upon motorized transportation—travel a significant distance to attend classes. Appropriately categorized as “commuter schools,” most community colleges do not offer on-campus student housing. So why is it important to keep students on campus throughout the day?

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The Travel & Tourism Game

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Travel Association, 2.9 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2018 can be attributed to travel and tourism. Total domestic and international inbound traveler spending in the U.S. million directly in the travel industry and 6.8 Domestic travel spending directly supported 7.7 By the BF Staff.

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Engineering construction workers reject 8.5% pay offer

Construction Enquirer

Contractors signed up to the National Agreement for Engineering Construction Industry set out the final two-year offer to the 7,000-strong workforce last month This followed an extra 75p a hour cost of living increase agreed six months ago between unions and contractors. The employers’ latest two-year offer includes a 8.5%

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San Diego County Approves Home Building Measure That Will Waive VMT Analysis

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New San Diego housing plans won’t require developers to pay for analysis or mitigation for ‘vehicle miles traveled’. According to The San Diego Union-Tribune , VMT is a California state standard implemented in 2013 to measure and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions produced by transportation to and from work, school, and errands.