{"id":3738,"date":"2015-04-17T13:00:46","date_gmt":"2015-04-17T12:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3738"},"modified":"2015-04-17T14:27:08","modified_gmt":"2015-04-17T13:27:08","slug":"union-representation-plea-ignored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3738","title":{"rendered":"Union representation plea ignored"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite construction members employed at Sellafield Limited in West Cumbria have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a dispute over the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to allow a full time union shop steward and a more proactive remit for the site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health and safety committee.<\/p>\n<p>The presence of a union representative, including safety representation is essential at the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria \u00e2\u20ac\u201c to work together with the workforce and the company &#8211; keeping employees, the public and the site safe and secure.<\/p>\n<p>Over 1,200 Unite members voted 98 per cent in support of industrial action. Workers will decide what type of industrial action they will take at a meeting next week on Tuesday, April 21.<\/p>\n<p>Negotiations to resolve the 10 months dispute between Unite, Sellafield Limited and the Engineering Construction Industry Association (ECIA) broke down on April 15.<\/p>\n<p>Unite is urging Sellafield management to get back around the negotiating table in a bid to find a reasonable settlement that addresses its employees\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 very reasonable request.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members have lost patience with Sellafield management who have steadfastly continued to ignore our very reasonable request,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite regional officer Steve Benson.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAll they are asking for is their rights for a co-worker to become a union shop steward at the Sellafield site to represent construction workers and keep them safe,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Benson added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt makes sense for our members and the company and it will help improve industrial relations and a safety and welfare culture at the site.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite members have no wish to take action but are being forced to do so by a company unwilling to take our members\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 concerns seriously. Unite has a proud track record of working with employers to resolve disputes and is urging Sellafield to get back to serious talks.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite construction members employed at Sellafield Limited in West Cumbria have overwhelmingly backed industrial action in a dispute over the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s refusal to allow a full time union shop steward and a more proactive remit for the site\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s health and safety committee. The presence of a union representative, including safety representation is essential at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[275,132],"wps_subtitle":"Sellafield workers back strike action","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738"}],"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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3738"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3740,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3738\/revisions\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}