{"id":21137,"date":"2020-04-29T12:52:06","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=21137"},"modified":"2020-04-29T12:52:07","modified_gmt":"2020-04-29T11:52:07","slug":"unite-join-the-covid-19-manufacturing-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=21137","title":{"rendered":"Unite: Join the Covid-19 \u00e2\u20ac\u0098manufacturing army\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Following Nissan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0098outstanding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 efforts in re-purposing its facilities to produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of much needed personal protective equipment (PPE), Unite today (Wednesday April 29) urged other firms to join the Covid-19 \u00e2\u20ac\u0098manufacturing army\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Nissan was one of the first firms to answer\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/news-events\/news\/2020\/april\/health-and-manufacturing-unions-in-joint-call-for-ppe-manufacturing-army\/\">Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s call to produce PPE for use in the fight against coronavirus<\/a>, with the car maker now delivering up to 100,000 face visors and 18,000 aprons per week to the NHS from its Sunderland plant.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said hundreds of other manufacturers had proudly signed up to produce PPE but urged more companies with both capacity and capabilities to get involved to address continued shortages to front line workers and the fact that coronavirus\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0098will remain a threat for many months to come\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNissan was one of the first major companies to answer the call made by Unite and our sister unions to create a manufacturing army to end shortages of masks, aprons and other life-saving equipment,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite AGS Steve Turner.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe company&#8217;s efforts in re-purposing parts of their manufacturing capabilities have been matched by our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 determination to produce vital PPE for frontline workers battling this terrible virus. Working together they are delivering outstanding and life-saving results.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Turner continued, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bKey to the success in getting PPE rolled out on such a large scale has been the resourcefulness and creativity of Nissan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s world class workforce, Unite members, who have volunteered their time and skills to get this essential project off the ground.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Act quickly plea to govt \u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Turner also called on the government,\u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/news-events\/news\/2020\/april\/ppe-tsar-government-heeds-unites-calls-but-not-a-minute-more-to-waste-says-mccluskey\/\">who have now appointed a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098PPE tsar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 after pressure from Unite<\/a>, to\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0098act quickly and turn an eager army into a productive one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0through the\u00c2\u00a0\u00e2\u20ac\u0098coordination and encouragement\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c2\u00a0of firms able to produce vital protective equipment.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bHundreds of manufacturers are going the extra mile to serve our country in its time of need. But more needs to be done. PPE is still in short supply and Covid-19 will remain a threat for many months to come. To those firms who are yet to get involved, if you have the capacity and capability \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and can keep your workers safe, we urge you\u00c2\u00a0to\u00c2\u00a0get involved.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Govt co-ordination is key<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Co-ordination from the government is key. Turner continued, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe government also has its part to play \u00e2\u20ac\u201c these efforts need coordinating and encouraging if they are to have maximum impact.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bFollowing pressure from Unite, ministers have appointed Lord Deighton as PPE tsar. We expect Lord Deighton and the government to act quickly and turn an eager army into a productive one, to harness the full capabilities of UK PLC to ensure no more working people risking their lives to save ours go without the equipment needed to keep them safe.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/coronavirus\">During the coronavirus crisis Unite is working to keep workers and the public safe, to defend jobs and to protect incomes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Ryan Fletcher <\/em><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following Nissan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s \u00e2\u20ac\u0098outstanding\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 efforts in re-purposing its facilities to produce hundreds of thousands of pieces of much needed personal protective equipment (PPE), Unite today (Wednesday April 29) urged other firms to join the Covid-19 \u00e2\u20ac\u0098manufacturing army\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1308,1],"tags":[1295,55,696,1316],"wps_subtitle":"Hailing Nissan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PPE efforts Unite urges more firms to join in the war against the virus","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21137"}],"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=21137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21139,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21137\/revisions\/21139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}