Revised deal at Siemens is accepted

Members at Siemens have voted to accept a revised pay offer in a consultative ballot which closed today (11 August).

The new proposal was accepted by 89% of members who took part in the vote with 11% of members voting against.

The new agreement provides for a 0.85% increase in pay from September to December this year taking the increase for this period to 3%. The current two-year deal ends in December.

The agreement covers members working on BBC contracts in Siemens SIS, formerly part of BBC Technology, which looks after BBC broadcast technology and projects including IT, broadcast critical data and the Corporation's internet and intranet servers.