{"id":13018,"date":"2017-08-15T13:29:01","date_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:29:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=13018"},"modified":"2017-08-15T13:30:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-15T12:30:04","slug":"strong-stand-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=13018","title":{"rendered":"Strong stand"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite members at Argos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 distribution network strike over the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failure to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13021\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9770-1024x612.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9770\" width=\"640\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9770-1024x612.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9770-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9770-768x459.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Argos has failed to give guarantees\u00c2\u00a0that workers&#8217; at its logistic sites future terms and conditions will be safeguarded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nearly 500 workers were transferred from its Lutterworth distribution hub in Leicestershire to Wincanton logistics in Kettering, Northamptonshire.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13022\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9803-1024x656.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9803\" width=\"640\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9803-1024x656.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9803-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9803-768x492.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Aleksandra Luc, Steve Stockwell and Linda Cook on the picket line at Basildon in Essex, one of four striking sites.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-13023\" src=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9925-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9925\" width=\"640\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9925-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9925-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/IMG_9925-768x450.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite national officer Matt Draper gives an interview to BBC radio Essex.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He says the transfer of workers from Lutterworth to Wincanton, whether they wanted to or not, led to this strike ballot.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite wants a comprehensive national agreement with the employer covering redundancy and severance packages.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Strikes by the warehouse staff began early this morning (Tuesday August 15) and are set to end early on the morning of Tuesday September 5.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photos by Mark Thomas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite members at Argos\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 distribution network strike over the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s failure to negotiate a national agreement covering redundancy and severance packages. &nbsp; &nbsp; Argos has failed to give guarantees\u00c2\u00a0that workers&#8217; at its logistic sites future terms and conditions will be safeguarded. &nbsp; Nearly 500 workers were transferred from its Lutterworth distribution hub in Leicestershire to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[663,538,88],"wps_subtitle":"Argos workers strike ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018"}],"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=13018"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13032,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13018\/revisions\/13032"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13018"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13018"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13018"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}