{"id":12067,"date":"2017-04-10T11:08:27","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T10:08:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=12067"},"modified":"2017-04-10T11:08:27","modified_gmt":"2017-04-10T10:08:27","slug":"honour-agreement-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=12067","title":{"rendered":"Honour agreement call"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite, the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest union for construction workers, has submitted a formal challenge to employers due to deep concerns about \u00e2\u20ac\u0098worker competency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The dispute concerns the competency of a number of workers employed by the Polish sub-contractor Mosotstal Pulaway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Mosotstal Pulaway has agreed to abide by the NAECI agreement\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s terms and conditions, the relevant industrial agreement for the mechanical engineering works being undertaken.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s challenge is to ensure the agreement is honoured in full, including on the necessary standards, to ensure workplace safety and that the workforces\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 skills are fit for purpose, namely a trade specific NVQ at Level 3.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite has now submitted a formal complaint to the NAECI National Joint Council that HZI, the principal contractor, has breached the rules of the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will not allow our industrial agreements to be undermined,&#8221; said Unite regional organiser Chris Weldon. &#8220;It is vital that this issue is swiftly resolved not just for this site, but for future projects undertaken under the NAECI agreement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis dispute is about ensuring that workers employed on NAECI projects across the UK have the appropriate qualifications and are fully competent and safe to undertake the work.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite, the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest union for construction workers, has submitted a formal challenge to employers due to deep concerns about \u00e2\u20ac\u0098worker competency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire. &nbsp; The dispute concerns the competency of a number of workers employed by the Polish sub-contractor Mosotstal Pulaway. &nbsp; Mosotstal Pulaway has agreed to abide by [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6673,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[167,111,723],"wps_subtitle":"Unite challenges \u00e2\u20ac\u0098worker competency\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 at Ferrybridge","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067"}],"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=12067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12068,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067\/revisions\/12068"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6673"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}