{"id":26865,"date":"2020-12-04T16:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=26865"},"modified":"2020-12-04T16:00:49","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T16:00:49","slug":"jersey-airport-job-losses-rethink-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=26865","title":{"rendered":"Jersey Airport job losses rethink call"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The redundancy programme involving Swissport workers at Jersey Airport is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098going under the radar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and needs a rethink now that Covid-19 vaccines are on the horizon, Unite said today (December 4).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Swissport have already made more than half their 100-strong workforce redundant over the past year, with their operation in Jersey badly affected by the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Tuesday (December 1), a further 11 staff left the business, with more staff laid off temporarily, bringing the total number of employees down to a bare minimum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Crucially, 11 is the most staff an employer can make redundant in a 30-day period, under Jersey law, without initiating formal \u00e2\u20ac\u015bcollective consultation\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alarmingly, Swissport has since informed Unite that a further 11 staff are to be put \u00e2\u20ac\u0098at risk\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of redundancy, suggesting the company is taking an \u00e2\u20ac\u0098under the radar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 approach to job losses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite is today urging the Government of Jersey to liaise with Swissport to discuss further measures to maintain as many jobs as possible until the expected pick-up in air travel to the Channel Island in spring next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite regional officer Gareth Lowe said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bBy making 11 staff redundant in December, and now proposing a further 11 staff are to go in the near future, Swissport seems to want to push through its redundancy programme \u00e2\u20ac\u0098under the radar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and we need greater transparency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe firm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s present proposals of compulsory redundancies envisage the current dire situation affecting aviation and tourism to run until the end of 2021,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhilst the company has put forward proposals to prevent further cuts, these are flimsy, without real commitment to review and restore pay levels, should passenger numbers at the airport begin to grow, as projected in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members were left with no realistic financial option but to reject the proposals the business put on the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite believes that with vaccines coming on stream in the next couple of months and the onset of warmer weather in the spring, air travel could pick up quite quickly in 2021,” Lowe continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOnce this happens, a far larger workforce will be needed at the airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThere is scope to greatly rein back the number of compulsory job losses. Unite is keen to work constructively with Swissport to achieve that goal, instead of entertaining sham proposals that simply do not offer workers the guarantees they need.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

The redundancy programme involving Swissport workers at Jersey Airport is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098going under the radar\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and needs a rethink now that Covid-19 vaccines are on the horizon, Unite said today (December 4). Swissport have already made more than half their 100-strong workforce redundant over the past year, with their operation in Jersey badly affected by the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1308,1],"tags":[125,1295,828],"wps_subtitle":"Swissport urged to rethink job losses at Jersey Airport with vaccines on the horizon","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865"}],"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=26865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26867,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26865\/revisions\/26867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}