{"id":26855,"date":"2020-12-03T15:00:54","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T15:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=26855"},"modified":"2020-12-04T15:56:53","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T15:56:53","slug":"death-by-a-thousands-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=26855","title":{"rendered":"‘Death by a thousands cuts’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite has described Rolls-Royce’s announcement of fresh job losses as ‘choking the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future’, while the proposals to transfer or rundown parts of the business is ‘selling the family silver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rolls-Royce announced further jobs losses today (December 3), which follows the announcement of 1,400 job losses last month and 3,000 job losses in June.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a fresh blow for workers, Rolls-Royce announced it is planning to sell its manufacturing plant in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. Further work at Barnoldswick is also being transferred, greatly intensifying fears for the future of the factory. In addition, the decision to transfer work from Inchinnan, Renfrewshire, to Derby, poses a further threat to the Scottish plant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The job losses will include making some of the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s apprentices redundant \u00e2\u20ac\u201c the first time in over 30 years that there have been job cuts among this group of workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement of fresh job losses is a result of the severe downturn in the aerospace industry, which is directly a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Unlike many other European countries, the government has failed to provide specific support to the aerospace sector, leading to far higher job losses than would otherwise have been the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such sector specific support should come with binding ties that Rolls-Royce must maintain work in the UK and not offshore it aboard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fresh Rolls-Royce job losses will also have a major impact on the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s supply chain. For every job loss at Rolls-Royce, there are likely to be four job losses in the supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite national officer Rhys McCarthy said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bRolls-Royce’s timing of the latest round of job losses stinks, workers have been left fearing for their futures as Christmas approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis announcement amounts to a death by a thousand cuts will send a chill through Rolls-Royce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s workers and the entire supply chain,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bChoking the company’s future like this is clearly about pacifying the City and shareholders in the short term, while disregarding the hopes and concerns of workers and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will be arguing that the decision to make apprentices redundant must be reversed, they are the future life blood of the company and their loss will affect the long-term success of Rolls-Royce,” he went on to say. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bPlans to sell the Hucknall plant and transfer work from Barnoldswick and Inchinnan is selling the family silver, the work is crucial to Rolls-Royce and the skills of the workforce are unique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe blame for the latest job losses must also fall on the government. Unlike other countries such as France and Germany, it has failed to provide specific support to the aerospace sector, which is resulting in job losses being far steeper in the UK than in other countries,” McCarthy noted. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is calling on the government to immediately step in to prevent these job losses and to ensure the future of the aerospace sector in the UK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is fully prepared to enter into detailed negotiations with Rolls-Royce to fully consider all alternatives in order to preserve jobs and guarantee the future of all the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s manufacturing plants.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

Unite has described Rolls-Royce’s announcement of fresh job losses as ‘choking the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future’, while the proposals to transfer or rundown parts of the business is ‘selling the family silver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122. Rolls-Royce announced further jobs losses today (December 3), which follows the announcement of 1,400 job losses last month and 3,000 job losses in June. In […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1308,1],"tags":[1513,1295,189],"wps_subtitle":"Rolls-Royce accused of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098choking\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s future and \u00e2\u20ac\u0098selling family silver\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in sell-off and plant rundown announcement","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855"}],"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=26855"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26864,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26855\/revisions\/26864"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26855"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26855"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26855"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}