{"id":3987,"date":"2015-04-30T17:35:27","date_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3987"},"modified":"2015-04-30T17:35:27","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T16:35:27","slug":"redundancies-resistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3987","title":{"rendered":"Redundancies resistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Rolls-Royce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continued failure to offer guarantees over compulsory redundancies is leading to mounting anger that raises the possibility of industrial action, Unite warned yesterday (April 29).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe highly skilled workforce is angry that despite securing a record $9.2bn order for Emirates Airlines, Rolls-Royce is ploughing on with plans to cut 2,600 jobs from its aerospace division, which could see compulsory redundancies at a number of sites in the UK as early as July.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nIn a strongly worded letter to the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s CEO John Rishton, union representatives accused Rolls-Royce of offshoring UK manufacturing jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bGiven the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s order book and level of profit, we see no reason for the proposed job losses in the UK other than they are the result of choices the company has made to move work elsewhere,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 the letter noted. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is nothing less than the export of UK manufacturing jobs.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe letter went on to warn that the Rolls-Royce unions would resist compulsory redundancies by \u00e2\u20ac\u0098every means open to us\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe therefore wish to give you notice that we will not tolerate compulsory redundancies in the UK, whether through workload reductions, management reviews, outsourcing or offshoring,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 the union representatives added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe will challenge TUPE transfers, or situations where agency workers or contractors are given more protection than permanent employees. We will resist compulsory redundancies by every means open to us, including industrial action.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUnite national officer Ian Waddell hailed the workforce as being \u00e2\u20ac\u015bworld class\u00e2\u20ac\u0165, arguing that it has \u00e2\u20ac\u015bproved time and again to be at the cutting edge of engineering and manufacturing.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey have shown their loyalty in building up Rolls-Royce, but are now feeling increasingly betrayed over the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continued refusal to give assurances on jobs and guarantees over redundancies,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Waddell added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe workforce is at snapping point and industrial action will become a very real possibility unless Rolls-Royce gives a guarantee of no compulsory redundancies.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nSee UniteLive\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s previous coverage of the Rolls-Royce workforce <a href=\"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/tag\/rolls-royce\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rolls-Royce\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s continued failure to offer guarantees over compulsory redundancies is leading to mounting anger that raises the possibility of industrial action, Unite warned yesterday (April 29). &nbsp; The highly skilled workforce is angry that despite securing a record $9.2bn order for Emirates Airlines, Rolls-Royce is ploughing on with plans to cut 2,600 jobs from its [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[189],"wps_subtitle":"Mounting anger over Rolls-Royce cuts leads to industrial action warning","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987"}],"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=3987"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3988,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3987\/revisions\/3988"}],"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=3987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}