3.3% TMA pay increase

Regional theatre members have voted by a 3 to 1 majority to accept a 3.3% pay increase.

The offer, covering members working in UK theatres managed by members of the TMA (Theatrical Management Association), also includes a 0.5% increase in employer's pension contributions.

The ballot on the 3.3% offer followed negotiations at which the TMA initially offered an inflationary increase of 2.4% on the minimum rates of pay contained in the BECTU/TMA Agreement.

BECTU negotiators said the offer was unacceptable, citing the continuing problems of low pay and long working hours in regional theatres.

This resulted in the improved offer of 3.3% being made on 31 March 2006.