Labour Court does not recommend conceding Unite fitters' pay claim

The Labour Court did not recommend conceding Unite's claim for higher pay for fitters at Georgia Pacific. The recommendation was signed on 28 April 2010. Unite argued the fitters should receive the electricians' rate and that it should be reflected in redundancy payments. Georgia Pacific said the workers had spent years as self-employed contractors and the two groups did not do like work. The Court noted that the fitters' salaries matched what they had accepted over years as contractors and that their redundancy terms covered their full service, including contractor service.