{"id":18533,"date":"2019-07-30T12:07:27","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T11:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18533"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:56:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:56:00","slug":"len-mccluskey-harland-wolff-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18533","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fighting determinedly&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>As a rally was held today (July 30) to save the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast,\u00c2\u00a0 Unite general secretary Len McCluskey sent protesting workers\u00c2\u00a0a message of solidarity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI want to pay tribute to each and every one of you fighting determinedly &#8211; and rightly &#8211; for a future for this iconic yard.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhen I think of shipbuilding in Belfast, I think Harland and Wolff. \u00c2\u00a0Of the generations who have given their all to make this yard a success and put UK shipbuilding on the global map. \u00c2\u00a0I think of the communities built on the skills and wages of the workforce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnd then I get angry that once again working people are being let down and abandoned by disinterested politicians and greedy businesses.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYour response to their catastrophic failure of ideology, their absence of creativity, their insulting disinterest is to say \u00e2\u20ac\u0098enough\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYour spirit and determination is an inspiration to our movement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf Boris Johnson and Andrea Leadsom had even an ounce of your vision and courage then this yard would be safe today and into the future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYour union\u00c2\u00a0fully supports the demand for nationalisation of Harland and Wolff.\u00c2\u00a0 This is a viable enterprise, and you, the workers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who know the situation best \u00e2\u20ac\u201c have identified potential business which could turn the shipyard around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt would be scandalous if one of Boris Johnson\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s first acts is to abandon this shipyard and the workers.\u00c2\u00a0 Unite will never stand by and let this happen.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe take our lead from you. \u00c2\u00a0You are fighting back &#8211; you refuse to let you yard and your \u00c2\u00a0streets fall quiet &#8211; and you will have your union with you every step of the way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSolidarity my friends.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a rally was held today (July 30) to save the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast,\u00c2\u00a0 Unite general secretary Len McCluskey sent protesting workers\u00c2\u00a0a message of solidarity. &nbsp; He said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bI want to pay tribute to each and every one of you fighting determinedly &#8211; and rightly &#8211; for a future for this iconic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18534,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[219,514],"wps_subtitle":"Unite GS Len McCluskey hails resolve of protesting workers at Harland and Wolff rally","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18533"}],"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=18533"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25114,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18533\/revisions\/25114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}