{"id":19662,"date":"2019-12-10T17:06:53","date_gmt":"2019-12-10T17:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=19662"},"modified":"2020-11-12T12:54:50","modified_gmt":"2020-11-12T12:54:50","slug":"clarks-save-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=19662","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Fight to save jobs&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite said today (December 10) it will \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fight to save\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as many Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0jobs as possible after the shoe retailer announced 170 global job cuts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The redundancies, which will impact Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0office staff, are part of a restructuring under recently appointed CEO Giorgio Presca, with 80 job losses anticipated at the firm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headquarters in Street, Somerset.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite represents a significant number\u00c2\u00a0of\u00c2\u00a0staff\u00c2\u00a0in Street as well as\u00c2\u00a0in other locations throughout the UK.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite regional officer Gareth Lowe said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese job losses are terrible news for Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0workers, especially so close to Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bClarks is Street\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest employer so these redundancies will be keenly felt in the local area,&#8221; he added.\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe news is no less bad for staff in other parts of the UK who will also be impacted.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe are working with our members and the employer to ensure the interests of our members are fully represented as these plans are implemented, and we will fight to save as many jobs as possible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite\u00c2\u00a0is\u00c2\u00a0in\u00c2\u00a0consultation with Clarks to minimise any potential compulsory redundancies.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite said today (December 10) it will \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fight to save\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as many Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0jobs as possible after the shoe retailer announced 170 global job cuts. &nbsp; The redundancies, which will impact Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0office staff, are part of a restructuring under recently appointed CEO Giorgio Presca, with 80 job losses anticipated at the firm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s headquarters in Street, Somerset. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19663,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1270,126],"wps_subtitle":"Unite will \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fight to save\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 Clarks\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0jobs after firm announces global job cuts","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19662"}],"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=19662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24812,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19662\/revisions\/24812"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}