{"id":14557,"date":"2018-02-01T16:21:49","date_gmt":"2018-02-01T16:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=14557"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:59:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:59:10","slug":"brush-generators-jobs-slash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=14557","title":{"rendered":"Brush Generators jobs slash"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite today vowed to fight \u00e2\u20ac\u0098distressing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 jobs losses at Brush Generators in Loughborough, after the firm owned by Melrose announced plans today (February 1) to cut up to 270 jobs and shift production overseas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Warning that the job losses would \u00e2\u20ac\u0098hollow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 out the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s engineering skills base, Unite said it would be challenging the rationale behind the plans which would deprive the local community of decent well paid work.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Melrose is currently embroiled in a battle to take over aerospace and automotive engineering firm GKN.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will be fighting to save jobs and protect our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 interests,&#8221; said Unite national officer Linda McCulloch. &#8220;This is a highly skilled workforce who contributes massively to the local economy and wider UK engineering and manufacturing sector.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOffshoring their jobs will deny the local community of decent well paid work and further hollow out the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s engineering skill base.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is far from convinced of the case behind this move and will be challenging the rationale during the consultation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOver the coming days and weeks, Unite will be giving maximum support to our members through this distressing time as we fight to protect jobs and skills.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite today vowed to fight \u00e2\u20ac\u0098distressing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 jobs losses at Brush Generators in Loughborough, after the firm owned by Melrose announced plans today (February 1) to cut up to 270 jobs and shift production overseas. &nbsp; Warning that the job losses would \u00e2\u20ac\u0098hollow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 out the region\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s engineering skills base, Unite said it would be challenging the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":14558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[866,624,126,865],"wps_subtitle":"Unite vows to fight \u00e2\u20ac\u0098distressing\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 job losses","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14557"}],"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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14557"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26417,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14557\/revisions\/26417"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/14558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}