{"id":3993,"date":"2015-05-01T12:35:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=3993"},"modified":"2015-05-01T12:35:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-01T11:35:23","slug":"shock-redundancies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=3993","title":{"rendered":"Shock redundancies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over 300 workers from the Markinch paper mill Tullis Russell met in Glenrothes yesterday (April 30) with emotions running high following 325 shock redundancies earlier this week after company directors plunged the famous firm into administration.<\/p>\n

 
\nThe workers, shamefully informed of the job losses early last Monday morning with phone calls and messages without any consultation, are now demanding answers from absent directors who claimed only last month that jobs were \u00e2\u20ac\u0098safeguarded\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite has also highlighted that the redundancies are the last straw for workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 rights in Britain, who are among the easiest to fire in the European Union, and have called for the urgent strengthening of redundancy laws early in the next UK parliament.<\/p>\n

 
\n“Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s be clear that Tullis Russell directors have serious questions to answer about how this company was so suddenly plunged into administration and the workers want answers,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite regional officer Dougie Maguire.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is a heart-breaking situation where the workforce have turned out in their hundreds, shocked and victims of a hopeless employment law system and a group of directors who didn’t give a second thought to throwing them on the dole,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

 
\n“Yesterday was also about ensuring our members get the best legal advice possible in the wake of this shock announcement, but it’s small crumbs of comfort because people want to be working, not dealing with this situation,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Maguire went on to say.<\/p>\n

 
\nMaguire also highlighted management\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hypocrisy, considering Tullis Russell is an \u00e2\u20ac\u015bemployee-owned\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 company.<\/p>\n

 
\nHe explained to The Courier<\/a> on Wednesday (April 29) that the company had sent mixed messages over the future of the mill and suggested that management was not being entirely truthful.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIf they can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be honest with [employees], who are in essence the shareholders, how honest are they being?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he said.<\/p>\n

 
\n“Our immediate priority now is our involvement on the Scottish government task force and if there is any possibility that we can save these jobs – we will explore every option,” Maguire added.<\/p>\n

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