{"id":2206,"date":"2014-11-13T16:56:40","date_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:56:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=2206"},"modified":"2014-11-13T16:56:40","modified_gmt":"2014-11-13T16:56:40","slug":"recognise-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=2206","title":{"rendered":"Recognise our role"},"content":{"rendered":"
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When a large corporation reaps record-breaking profits, you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d expect the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s success to be reflected in their employees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pay packets.<\/p>\n

 
\nBut Jaguar Land Rover, which made unprecedented first quarter gains of \u00c2\u01411bn this year, along with \u00c2\u01412.5bn in profits last year, has decided to stiff the very workers who keep their business ticking over.<\/p>\n

 
\nNinety six per cent of the 14,000 workers across Jaguar Land Rover\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s five UK plants resolutely turned down the carmaker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s pay deal, which fell far short of expectations, in a consultative ballot.<\/p>\n

 
\nAnd it wasn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t just pay that has caused mounting anger among JLR\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workforce. The carmaker has threatened changes to the final salary scheme, including \u00c2\u0141240m worth of pension cuts, despite pension changes having been agreed two years ago.<\/p>\n

 
\nThe workforce is also concerned with employers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 plans in which new starters would be required to work a full six years to reach 100 per cent pay, as well as the introduction of a new bonus payment.<\/p>\n

 
\nWorkers fear that the bonus payment, which isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t consolidated or pensionable, may work against their favour by gradually replacing pay rises, which attract company pension payments over the years.<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite national officer Roger Maddison argued that the carmaker was not rewarding its employees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 hard work fairly.
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe workforce made huge sacrifices and endured pay freezes during difficult times to ensure that Jaguar Land Rover is the success it is today,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Maddison said.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTheir hard work, skills and commitment have helped ensure that JLR has become a highly profitable world leader with a bulging order book,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWith the company making a staggering \u00c2\u014110m in profits a day, it is no surprise that the workforce is angered by pension cuts and a pay offer that falls short in recognising their role in that success.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nMaddison went on to say that if JLR didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t get back to the negotiating table to hammer out a better deal that compensates its workers fairly, the union would consider a potential ballot of members for industrial action across the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s five sites.<\/p>\n

 
\nWhen Unite balloted its members on the pay offer, the turnout was especially noteworthy \u00e2\u20ac\u201c 12,881 voted to reject the pay offer, with only 454 voting to accept and 17 spoilt ballot papers.<\/p>\n

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