{"id":10725,"date":"2016-12-01T16:13:43","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T16:13:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=10725"},"modified":"2016-12-01T16:13:43","modified_gmt":"2016-12-01T16:13:43","slug":"death-by-a-thousand-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=10725","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Death by a thousand cuts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite has expressed \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bitter disappointment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 over further bank branch closures announced by RBS Group.<\/p>\n

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Unite, the largest union representing RBS staff, said the taxpayer-owned bank was \u00e2\u20ac\u0098gambling with its future\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and risks \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a death by a thousand cuts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

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The banking group has plans to close a further 86 branches across the UK on top of the 51 announced earlier this year.\u00c2\u00a0 In Scotland, the planned closures would affect 116 staff, and could put around 45 jobs at risk.<\/p>\n

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The new Scottish branches affected are all in Edinburgh.<\/p>\n

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This is in addition to 16 branch closures in Scotland announced earlier in the year.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is a bitter disappointment that RBS is continuing its slash and burn approach to community branches,”\u00c2\u00a0 said Unite regional officer Lyn Turner.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is obviously further bad news for RBS staff \u00e2\u20ac\u201c all of whom are now living with the daily fear that their job might be next \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s also bad news for customers. RBS isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t being upfront and honest about the changes it wants to make \u00e2\u20ac\u201c but spreading them out in way that risks a death by a thousand cuts.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur fear is that management are gambling with the future of the bank. If RBS continues to turn its back on customers and communities, then customers and communities may end up turning their back on them.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe literally all have a stake in RBS, and the bank\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s actions should be a huge concern for all of us,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she argued.<\/p>\n

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Unite says that there is now a need for government action to tackle job losses in the banking sector and to make sure that communities have access to local banking.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSince 2008, Scotland has lost 19,000 jobs in finance and insurance,” Turner highlighted.\u00c2\u00a0 “That is a catastrophe.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe need the Scottish and UK Governments to start holding RBS and other state-supported banks to account for their flawed strategies, and we also need to look urgently at how we can make sure that communities across Scotland have access to local banking.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unite has expressed \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bitter disappointment\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 over further bank branch closures announced by RBS Group.   Unite, the largest union representing RBS staff, said the taxpayer-owned bank was \u00e2\u20ac\u0098gambling with its future\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and risks \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a death by a thousand cuts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.   The banking group has plans to close a further 86 branches across the UK on […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[123,90],"wps_subtitle":"Unite warns RBS over more branch closures","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725"}],"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=10725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10726,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10725\/revisions\/10726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}