{"id":27267,"date":"2021-01-05T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T17:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=27267"},"modified":"2021-01-11T12:26:11","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T12:26:11","slug":"good-news-for-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=27267","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Good news for members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The merger between Fiat Chrysler and France\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s PSA Group, which includes the Ellesmere Port and Luton plants, has been welcomed by Unite, today (Tuesday January 5).<\/p>\n<p>The merger, which won approval from both sets of shareholders yesterday (Monday \u00c2\u00a0January 4), will create the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fourth biggest carmaker. Vauxhall employs 3,000 staff in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>Unite said that the merger, allied with the post-Brexit free trade deal with the EU, should pave the way for new models to be produced in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>However, the union was seeking confirmation that the company would stand by its previous announcement that there would be no plant closures in the UK.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis merger is good news for our members at a bleak time for the UK economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 commented Unite national officer for automotive industries Des Quinn.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe welcome the approval of both sets of shareholders to create the fourth biggest global carmaker and will seek reassurance that the new merged company will continue to commit to no plant closures, as was previously announced in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSpecifically in the UK, we call upon PSA to look at a longer term plan to build electrified vehicles at both Luton and Ellesmere Port with future regulatory and legislative changes in mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAt Ellesmere Port, it is also now time for our members to be rewarded for their ongoing commitment and having met all cost requirements to be awarded new product \u00e2\u20ac\u201c currently, it is the only plant in Europe not to have been.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bPreviously the management have said that this decision will not be made until there is a clear understanding on the outcome of discussions between the British government and the European Union (EU).<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNow the free trade deal with the EU has been agreed by both sides with no tariffs or quotas, this should create the necessary business environment the company was seeking.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bTherefore, there should be no further delays in announcing new models at Ellesmere Port.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>The combined company will bring together well-known brands such as Peugeot, Citroen and Vauxhall from PSA with Fiat, Jeep and Chrysler.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>By Shaun Noble <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The merger, which won approval from both sets of shareholders yesterday (Monday \u00c2\u00a0January 4), will create the world\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fourth biggest carmaker. Vauxhall employs 3,000 staff in the UK.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[386,55,686],"wps_subtitle":"Unite welcomes car firms\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 merger \u00e2\u20ac\u201c which should lead to new UK-made models","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267"}],"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=27267"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27269,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27267\/revisions\/27269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}