{"id":14252,"date":"2017-12-21T14:24:31","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=14252"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:24:31","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:24:31","slug":"end-job-crushing-tariffs-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=14252","title":{"rendered":"End ‘job crushing’ tariffs call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite called on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to set aside today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (December 20) final determination by US Commerce Department to recommend \u00e2\u20ac\u0098job crushing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tariffs of almost 300 per cent on the importation to the US of Bombardier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s C Series passenger jet.<\/p>\n

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The ITC is expected to make a final decision on February 1, 2018 on whether Boeing has suffered injury or loss as a result of Delta Airlines\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 order of C Series jets. If the ITC finds in Boeing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s favour the tariffs will be applied.<\/p>\n

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A Unite delegation was in Washington last week putting the case to politicians and key decision makers that Boeing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s case is without merit and tariffs should not apply.<\/p>\n

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Describing today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s US Commerce Department decision as \u00e2\u20ac\u0098nakedly political\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, Unite warned that in addition to Northern Ireland jobs, as many as 22,000 US jobs could be under threat if the US ITC decided to impose tariffs.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, December 18 the US ITC heard from UK, European Union and Canadian government representatives who argued, along with representatives from Bombardier and Delta Airlines that Boeing had suffered no material loss.<\/p>\n

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Commenting Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bToday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s decision by the US Commerce Department on C Series tariffs is nakedly political and has the potential to crush jobs, not only in Northern Ireland but in the US too.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMore than 50 percent of C Series components are sourced from the US, where the supply chain sustains 22,000 US jobs. The economic impact of these tariffs would be felt in communities on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBoeing does not produce an aircraft in the same class as Bombardier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s C Series and didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t even bid for the Delta contract it is complaining about, which leaves its complaint totally without merit,” he added.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBoeing is using its meritless complaint as cover to close the US market, which is one of the biggest in the world, to new entrants such as Bombardier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s C Series aircraft.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge the US International Trade Commission to do the right thing for fair trade and jobs by finding against Boeing and setting aside the commerce department\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s determination when it makes its final decision in the New Year.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe UK government, despite handing out defence contracts to Boeing amounting to more than \u00c2\u01414.6 billion, have provided no answers to the threat hanging over workers.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMinisters have not even hinted at challenging future contracts with Boeing. When we asked what action they had taken to defend jobs, we were lamely told that Theresa May had rang Donald Trump. The UK government has to start forcefully backing Bombardier workers.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Unite regional officer for Bombardier in Northern Ireland Susan Fitzgerald added, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis decision poses a devastating risk for the Northern Ireland economy. Tariffs on the scale proposed by the US Commerce Department in the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest airline market, threaten to undermine the long-term economics of Bombardier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s presence in Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNot only is it a threat to the economy, it poses a significant threat to stability in Northern Ireland. Unite is very conscious that workplaces are the largest integrated environments in our society. We cannot lose thousands more jobs on top of what\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s already gone and expect hopelessness and instability not to feature.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere is no need for one single job loss, in fact, the potential exists for the creation of jobs in Northern Ireland, the US, Canada and elsewhere. The C Series represents a tremendous opportunity for further growth in the sector.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will leave no stone unturned in our campaign to defend jobs and skills in Northern Ireland.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unite called on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) to set aside today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s (December 20) final determination by US Commerce Department to recommend \u00e2\u20ac\u0098job crushing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 tariffs of almost 300 per cent on the importation to the US of Bombardier\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s C Series passenger jet.   The ITC is expected to make a final decision on February […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[802,801],"wps_subtitle":"US trade body urged to set aside Bombardier tariffs","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252"}],"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=14252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14253,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14252\/revisions\/14253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}