{"id":23409,"date":"2020-08-27T17:33:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=23409"},"modified":"2020-08-27T17:33:29","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T16:33:29","slug":"unite-fears-for-raf-valley-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=23409","title":{"rendered":"Unite fears for RAF Valley jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite is deeply concerned that proposals recently presented to Unite reps could see 180 jobs cut from the Hawk contract at RAF Valley by 2033. The fears stem from the contract negotiation between BAE Systems and the Ministry of Defence for the T1 and T2 Hawk aircraft.<\/p>\n

For the T1 Hawk, Unite are astounded to learn that there is an active proposal to move all the T1 Depth Maintenance to RAF Leeming by 2023. This move would accelerate the loss of 50-70 jobs at Valley.<\/p>\n

The proposal makes no sense from either a financial or operational perspective and we have yet to see the full business rationale for the proposed move.<\/p>\n

While the T1 Hawk aircraft is currently due to go out of Service by 2027, Unite are aware of a separate discussion\u00c2\u00a0 that\u00c2\u00a0 is likely to see that date extended to 2035 and possibly beyond.<\/p>\n

Unite is deeply concerned that the motive to move the T1 Depth Maintenance work is political. The MP for the Leeming area is Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak,\u00c2\u00a0who has publicly championed bringing more work to RAF Leeming. Unite are adamant that this will not happen at the expense of our members jobs at RAF Valley.<\/p>\n

In relation to the T2 Hawk there is a threat of greater job losses in the proposal which could see a further over 100 jobs lost by 2033 based on the figures supplied to Unite.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is alarmed at the proposals presented to our Representatives that could slash the number of\u00c2\u00a0 jobs on the Hawk contract by 2033, with many of the job cuts potentially coming in the next five years,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Peter Hughes, Unite Regional Secretary commented.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAnglesey has suffered a significant loss of skilled work recent years and the\u00c2\u00a0 prospect of the further loss of aviation jobs at RAF Valley\u00c2\u00a0 must be reversed otherwise the economic damage will be another hammer blow to the area,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he continued.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe rationale for moving the T1 Hawk\u00c2\u00a0work to RAF Leeming does not add up, especially as\u00c2\u00a0 the MoD is seeking significant efficiency savings as part of the new contract. Chancellor Rishi Sunak needs to keep his hands off our member\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s jobs at RAF Valley. It is also time for Anglesey MP,\u00c2\u00a0Virginia Crosbie to start demonstrating the same commitment and support for jobs at RAF Valley as her Tory Party colleague does for RAF Leeming.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite welcomed the decision to base the Texan aircraft at Valley in 2019 and the corresponding skilled jobs but we cannot accept those gains being eroded by proposals that could see significant reduction in jobs on the Hawk contract in the coming years,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

As the contract negotiations between the MOD and BAE Systems have recently been put on temporary pause the job cuts are not a done deal but there is still a significant threat to overall job number at RAF Valley in the coming years. Unite will campaign to save the jobs under threat\u00c2\u00a0at RAF Valley.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe believe these are the wrong proposals at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons. The MoD should be investing in the\u00c2\u00a0RAF Valley workforce for the long term rather than looking to cut jobs,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Hughes concluded.<\/p>\n

By Glyn Conolly <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Unite is deeply concerned that proposals recently presented to Unite reps could see 180 jobs cut from the Hawk contract at RAF Valley by 2033. The fears stem from the contract negotiation between BAE Systems and the Ministry of Defence for the T1 and T2 Hawk aircraft.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[519,589,55,144],"wps_subtitle":"Reps concerned work could be moved and jobs lost","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23409"}],"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=23409"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23412,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23409\/revisions\/23412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}