{"id":18694,"date":"2019-08-28T17:36:01","date_gmt":"2019-08-28T16:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=18694"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:55:36","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:55:36","slug":"manufacturing-gove-meeting-brexit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=18694","title":{"rendered":"‘High noon’ meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Workers from some of the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest manufacturers will warn the government against a no deal Brexit coup and demand detailed answers over jobs and future investment when they meet Michael Gove tomorrow (August 29)\u00c2\u00a0at 12 noon\u00c2\u00a0in the Cabinet Office on Whitehall.<\/p>\n

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The delegation led by Jack Dromey MP, Steve Turner, Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing and Jude Brimble, GMB national secretary for manufacturing will include convenors from Unite and the GMB. They will warn that a no deal Brexit will be a catastrophic disaster, destroying skilled manufacturing jobs and communities across the UK.<\/p>\n

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Representing workers at firms including Airbus, AstraZeneca, British Steel, Burton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Biscuits, Jaguar Land Rover, Nestle, Rolls-Royce, Scottish Whisky Industry, Toyota, Vauxhall and Wedgewood, the convenors will demand detailed answers on six key areas in the event of a no deal Brexit (detailed below).<\/p>\n

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Unite and GMB representatives will be available for interview before and after the meeting.<\/p>\n

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Commenting Unite assistant general secretary for manufacturing Steve Turner said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWorkers who will be at the sharp end of a no deal Brexit will be telling Michael Gove \u00e2\u20ac\u0098no deal, no way\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and laying out in no uncertain terms the damage that a no deal Brexit will do to their jobs and communities.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBoris Johnson and his friends in the wealthy elite will be sitting pretty in the event of a no deal Brexit as workers, their families and communities pay the price with their livelihoods. Suspending parliament in a no deal Brexit coup imperils the livelihoods of millions of people and does not address some of the very critical questions on which millions of people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jobs depend.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOvernight industries such as steel could see the floodgates open to the dumping of cheap inferior steel from overseas in the event of a no deal Brexit. Meanwhile the just in time supply chains which are central to the success of our carmakers and aerospace companies could come shuddering to a halt risking the competitiveness of UK manufacturing and the jobs it sustains.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe government has been silent on how it will protect jobs and attract investment. Instead it seems hell bent on strangling UK manufacturing and the communities it sustains on the altar of a no deal Brexit.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWorkers will be demanding answers and making it clear they will hold Boris Johnson and his government personally responsible for every job lost in the event of disastrous no deal Brexit.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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The key areas the unions will be pressing Michael Gove for answers\u00c2\u00a0will include:<\/p>\n