{"id":2133,"date":"2014-11-05T16:36:14","date_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=2133"},"modified":"2014-11-05T16:36:14","modified_gmt":"2014-11-05T16:36:14","slug":"oil-refinery-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=2133","title":{"rendered":"Oil refinery deal off"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Following the devastating news that a deal that would have secured over 400 jobs and the local economy in Milford Haven has fallen through, Unite today (November 5) called for the taskforce to be reconvened.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For over three years, Milford Haven oil refinery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future hung in the balance as owner Murco struggled to find a buyer for the West Wales site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The taskforce was originally set up to secure the future of Murco\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Milford Haven oil refinery after its sale to Klesch Refining Limited.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But with the sale now off its bad news for everyone \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and time to revisit the taskforce.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite warned that the refinery which employs over 400 people is a key asset to Wales and the wider UK economy and its closure could undermine the future security of fuel supply.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Union reps will be holding urgent meetings with Welsh government ministers and will press the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Westminster government to intervene in a bid to secure an alternative buyer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bMilford Haven is a crucial asset to the Welsh economy and its permanent closure would not only be a huge blow for jobs in Wales, but potentially undermine the security of future fuel supplies for the UK,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite Wales secretary Andy Richards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe need to urgently reconvene the taskforce originally set up to ensure that all the key players are working together to secure the refinery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe workforce has shown great professionalism and resilience in these deeply uncertain times and need to be assured that every avenue will be explored to ensure there is a future for oil refining at Milford Haven.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the devastating news that a deal that would have secured over 400 jobs and the local economy in Milford Haven has fallen through, Unite today (November 5) called for the taskforce to be reconvened. &nbsp; For over three years, Milford Haven oil refinery\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future hung in the balance as owner Murco struggled to find [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[54],"wps_subtitle":"Reconvene taskforce call to secure Milford Haven future","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2133"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2136,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2133\/revisions\/2136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}