{"id":10603,"date":"2016-11-17T14:34:48","date_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=10603"},"modified":"2016-11-17T14:34:48","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T14:34:48","slug":"co-op-bank-jobs-slash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=10603","title":{"rendered":"Co-op bank jobs slash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite warned that the Co-operative Bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s industry leading customer service could be hit as the bank announced today (November 17) it was cutting 200 roles across the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Expressing concern over the breadth and the speed of the planned cuts, Unite questioned whether the bank could continue to function effectively and offer high rates of customer satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Despite receiving assurances that compulsory redundancies will be kept to a minimum, Unite understands that the Co-operative Bank is seeking to complete the planned job cuts by Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe speed and breadth of these cuts will hit the Co-operative Bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much cherished customer service and with it the bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s unique selling point,&#8221;said Unite national officer Rob MacGregor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bCompulsory redundancies are anathema to all trade unions, but the timing of this exercise just before Christmas is a real blow to our members.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe will be supporting our members through this difficult time &#8211; and pressing the bank to reconsider these cuts where possible &#8211; which will leave loyal staff facing an uncertain Christmas and worrying new year.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite warned that the Co-operative Bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s industry leading customer service could be hit as the bank announced today (November 17) it was cutting 200 roles across the organisation. &nbsp; Expressing concern over the breadth and the speed of the planned cuts, Unite questioned whether the bank could continue to function effectively and offer high rates [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10604,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[271,292,263],"wps_subtitle":"Unite warns customer service could be hit","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10603"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10605,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603\/revisions\/10605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}