{"id":27848,"date":"2021-02-18T16:19:02","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T16:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=27848"},"modified":"2021-02-18T16:19:04","modified_gmt":"2021-02-18T16:19:04","slug":"creeping-culture-of-fire-and-rehire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=27848","title":{"rendered":"‘Creeping culture’ of ‘fire and rehire’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A line in the sand needs to be drawn over \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the creeping culture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 across the retail, distribution and logistics industries, Unite warned today (February 18).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite said its shop stewards were reporting attempts by employers across the sectors to \u00e2\u20ac\u0098salami slice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pay, and terms and conditions, claiming \u00e2\u20ac\u0098current market conditions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for their actions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s warning follows a ruling by the Court of Session in Edinburgh stopping Tesco from forcing some of the staff at the Livingston distribution centre onto a new contract which would result in them losing thousands of pounds in pay each year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s shop stewards from Argos, Eddie Stobart, Co-op, Gist , Morrisons, Sainsbury\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Tesco and Wincanton have all expressed concern at the proliferation of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 proposals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite national officer for road transport and logistics Adrian Jones said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe cannot stand idly by and watch any employer in our, or any other sector, use bad laws to attack workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 terms and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015b\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 is an abomination and the ability of employers to sack workers so they can remove established terms and conditions should be erased from the statute book,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThat is why our shop stewards representing our members in retail, distribution and logistics have pledged to support any workers who are facing this sustained attack on their living standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite will not hesitate to take industrial action to oppose employers who are engaging in this creeping culture of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt should not be forgotten that our members have worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic and have continued to feed and clothe the nation,” Jones continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAt the same time, these companies have made millions in profits, and therefore should not be using the excuse of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098current market conditions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 to salami slice our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pay, and terms and conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bA line in the sand needs to be drawn when it comes to unscrupulous employers.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

A line in the sand needs to be drawn over \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the creeping culture\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 across the retail, distribution and logistics industries, Unite warned today (February 18). Unite said its shop stewards were reporting attempts by employers across the sectors to \u00e2\u20ac\u0098salami slice\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 pay, and terms and conditions, claiming \u00e2\u20ac\u0098current market conditions\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[1295,604,1409,785,506],"wps_subtitle":" \u00e2\u20ac\u0098Fire and rehire\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 practices becoming endemic across retail and distribution sectors, warns Unite","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848"}],"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=27848"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27850,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27848\/revisions\/27850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/13423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}