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Controversial changes to electricians鈥� pay and conditions will go ahead 鈥渨ith or without鈥� union support, a spokesperson for the firms at the heart of the row has said.

The news comes as around 150 angry electricians demonstrated outside the Tate Modern art gallery on London鈥檚 South Bank this morning, in an eighth week of protests over proposed changes to workers鈥� pay and conditions.

One of the protesters told 好色先生TV the group crossed Millennium Bridge and blocked off traffic on the busy Cannon Street road adjacent to St Paul鈥檚 Cathedral for up to fifteen minutes, until the disruption was stopped by police.

He added there was a 鈥渉eavy police presence鈥� at this morning鈥檚 demonstration and that officers had barricaded the entrance to the construction site adjacent to the Tate Modern, where Mace is building an extension to the gallery.

Eight of the industry鈥檚 largest electrical contractors 鈥� including Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey 鈥� have agreed to ditch a 40-year-old wage agreement between employers and workers in favour of drawing up a new agreement.

Five of the eight breakaway firms have put its electrical workers on notice and given until 7 December to sign up to the proposed new 好色先生TV Engineering Services National Agreement (BESNA) or face redundancy.

Union Unite opposes the changes and claims workers face a pay cut if the contractors get their way.

But Blane Judd, chief executive of the Heating and Ventilating Contractors Association and nominated spokesperson for the companies, said the changes would go ahead 鈥渨ith or without鈥� union support.

Judd added the firms were confident the plans would be backed by the 6,000 workers affected.

He dismissed the demonstrators, claiming they were 鈥渟easoned protestors鈥� who were not affected by the issue.

He said the contractors were open to negotiating with the union if it 鈥渂rought a list of specific concerns鈥� about the proposed new agreement. The BESNA would not result in any worker taking a pay cut, he added.