MORE than 150 workers at Orgeon Timber Frame in Selkirk who manufacture kit houses for the construction industry will see a 4 per cent rise in their basic pay and the restoration of a service bonus scheme. The deal, announced by their union Unite today, amounts to an overall increase of 4.8 per cent in a region with some of the lowest pay in Scotland.Unite also secured the introduction of a company sick pay scheme and paid leave to attend medical appointments.

MORE than 150 workers at Orgeon Timber Frame in Selkirk who manufacture kit houses for the construction industry will see a 4 per cent rise in their basic pay and the restoration of a service bonus scheme.

The deal, announced by their union Unite today, amounts to an overall increase of 4.8 per cent in a region with some of the lowest pay in Scotland.

Unite also secured the introduction of a company sick pay scheme and paid leave to attend medical appointments.

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