{"id":16836,"date":"2018-12-07T15:29:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-07T15:29:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=16836"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:57:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:57:51","slug":"cammell-laird-strike-action-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=16836","title":{"rendered":"Cammell Laird strike action suspended"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Uni<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">te<\/span> members at the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird have agreed to suspend industrial action after the shipbuilder agreed to a four week pause to plans to make 291 people redundant, it was announced today (Friday 7 December).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">A taskforce made up of Unite, the GMB, Cammell Laird, its major shareholder Peel, the government, local politicians and Cammell Laird customers will now come together to try and formulate an action plan that brings forward work to save vital jobs and skills at the shipyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The taskforce is set to have its first meeting today (Friday December 7).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">The latest developments come after Uni<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">te<\/span> revealed last week that <span style=\"color: #000000;\">it<\/span> was intensifying efforts to bring forward work at Cammell Laird in a bid to remove the threat of jobs losses.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">In addition to calling on the UK government to bring forward work on the Royal Navy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Type 45 frigate, Dreadnought submarine and Royal Auxiliary Fleet<\/span><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> programmes<\/span>, Unite has been working with politicians and Cammell Laird customers, such as BAE Systems, <span style=\"color: #000000;\">while<\/span> approaching the shipbuilder\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s major shareholder <span style=\"color: #000000;\">and landlord, <\/span>Peel Ports for assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said:\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe agreement reached between Cammell Laird, Unite and the GMB today is fantastic news for a workforce fearing the worst just before Christmas. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAfter meeting with the company last week, I have left no stone unturned in our efforts to address concerns on-site and secure a long term future for the yard. Meeting with government ministers, local politicians and Cammell Laird customers we have today established a multi-agency \u00e2\u20ac\u0098task-force\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to develop and put in place measures designed to avert unnecessary job losses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe now have a period time during which a long-term solution can be found that manages future workload into the yard, assists in securing new work and protects both jobs and critical skills for the future. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite maintains that\u00c2\u00a0there is no reason for these job losses and urges everyone to now seize this opportunity we have secured to ensure a strong future for Cammell Laird and UK shipbuilding.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">Commenting Unite regional officer Ross Quinn said:\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe pause to the redundancy process will be welcome news to workers who faced losing their jobs before Christmas.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are glad that the company has seen sense and that we now have the breathing space we have called for, while we work to protect these jobs and skills.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIn the coming days, Unite will be working around the clock to secure a solution that averts these self-defeating job losses.\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe fact we have this breathing space is testament to the resolve of Cammell Laird workers and the massive support they have received from all corners of the Merseyside community.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"margin: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite members at the Birkenhead shipyard Cammell Laird have agreed to suspend industrial action after the shipbuilder agreed to a four week pause to plans to make 291 people redundant, it was announced today (Friday 7 December).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":16805,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1048,514,88],"wps_subtitle":"Halt as workers secure \u00e2\u20ac\u0098pause\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to job cuts","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836"}],"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=16836"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25679,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16836\/revisions\/25679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}