{"id":17319,"date":"2019-02-13T15:47:11","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T15:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=17319"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:57:42","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:57:42","slug":"ford-brexit-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=17319","title":{"rendered":"Ford Brexit warning"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Brexit warnings from the car giant Ford underline the catastrophic consequences of a no deal Brexit, Unite said today (February 13) as it called on ministers and MPs to take a no deal, hard Brexit off the table.<\/p>\n

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The call came after The Times said Ford had told prime minister Theresa May during a telephone call with business leaders that it was preparing alternative sites abroad.<\/p>\n

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The latest warning from Ford comes just\u00c2\u00a0a week after Nissan announced that it would break with plans to produce its new X-Trail model in Sunderland<\/a> and instead move production to Japan.<\/p>\n

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The Times<\/em> reported<\/a> that another participant in the phone call said other business leaders said they like Ford would be taking action in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe general message was that this isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t about contingencies any more \u00e2\u20ac\u201d we are taking steps already because of the uncertainty,” the participant told the Times. “It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s real.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Responding to the reports on Ford, Unite national officer Des Quinn said it\u00c2\u00a0“underlines the catastrophic consequences of a no deal Brexit on the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world leading car industry, its integrated supply chain and wider manufacturing communities.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMinisters and MPs must stop gambling with the futures of UK workers and their families,” he added. “They now must do what is best for the country by taking a no deal, hard Brexit off the table and securing the tariff-free, frictionless trade with Europe through a permanent customs union on which our manufacturing success depends.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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Unite has long called for a no-deal Brexit to be taken off the table.<\/p>\n

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After meeting with prime minister Theresa May last month, Unite general secretary Len McCluskey emphasised the dangers of a no-deal Brexit.\u00c2\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bEvery time I talk to major companies, it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s investment that is the key,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 McCluskey said. \u00e2\u20ac\u015b[Companies] take investment decisions years ahead before the investment going in. I can name half a dozen companies I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve spoken to who say they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve put investment on the back boiler.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015b[No deal] cannot be allowed to happen and I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe any British prime minister would allow it to happen,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt would be catastrophic and [Theresa May] has been told that from all parts.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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