ENGINEERING construction workers are set to pocket a “significant cost-of-living pay increase,” their union Unite hailed today.

Following negotiations with bosses signed up to the national agreement for engineering construction industry, staff across the sector will receive an extra £1 for every hour worked between today and June 30, the union said.

The deal, which came after a series of wage freezes and take-home salary cuts, will see the hourly supplementary rate set at 75p beyond that date, it confirmed.