{"id":10693,"date":"2016-11-28T15:52:53","date_gmt":"2016-11-28T15:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=10693"},"modified":"2016-11-28T15:52:53","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T15:52:53","slug":"tata-sell-off-audit-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=10693","title":{"rendered":"Tata sell-off audit call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty House Group.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite national officer for metals Harish Patel said that \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the devil will be in the detail\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as Tata Steel UK said that it had signed a letter of intent to sell its speciality steel interests.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bToday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s announcement is welcome as we can at last see some movement towards certainty for our members \u00e2\u20ac\u201c our key concerns are job security for the workforce; the future of the British Steel pension scheme; and what the investment plans will be from the Liberty House Group going forward,&#8221; Patel explained.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOf course, the devil is very much in the detail which is why we will be asking Tata Steel to ensure that we can conduct independent due diligence on its proposals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAs a matter of urgency, we must see security for the pension scheme to which men and women have dutifully contributed all their working lives.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur hardworking members, their families and their local communities have lived with a dark cloud of uncertainty hanging over them for more than a year,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bDespite these difficulties our members have continued to work hard and to deliver what has been asked of them by Tata Steel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bFor months the joint steel unions have been in discussions with the company and government at the highest levels to secure a sustainable future for all the UK businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe future of a strong and vibrant UK steel industry should be the cornerstone of the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much-heralded industrial strategy.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Job security and the future of the pension scheme are key priorities for Unite following today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (November 28) announcement that Tata Steel UK is to sell its speciality steel business to Liberty House Group. &nbsp; Unite national officer for metals Harish Patel said that \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the devil will be in the detail\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as Tata Steel UK [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[430,269,108],"wps_subtitle":"Job security and pensions key Unite priorities","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693"}],"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=10693"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10694,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10693\/revisions\/10694"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10693"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10693"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10693"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}