{"id":5057,"date":"2015-07-31T16:29:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T15:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=5057"},"modified":"2015-07-31T16:29:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T15:29:06","slug":"sick-and-tired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=5057","title":{"rendered":"\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Sick and tired\u00e2\u20ac\u2122"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Over 1,200 construction workers involved in the decommissioning and renewal project at Sellafield in Cumbria have begun a work to rule and overtime ban in a campaign to improve health and safety and productivity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe Unite members began the action short of strike at 5.30 am this morning (July 31) following a continued refusal by Sellafield Ltd and the group of sub-contractor companies to facilitate a full-time union convenor on the site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe construction workers, working for 15 sub-contractors, are pressing for the creation of a full-time convenor on the site to improve industrial relations and help address growing health and safety concerns as well as poor welfare facilities on the construction site.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUrging Sellafield Ltd and the sub-contractors to enter into meaningful talks, the union warned that a series of one day strikes delaying the project would move closer unless there were serious moves to address workers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 concerns.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nThe companies involved in the dispute are: Mitie One, Cape, Jacob Sobart, Meldrum, Hertel, Focus, Balfour Beatty, Shepley\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, PPS, Amec, Doosan Babcock, Novia, Redhall\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s, Hargreaves, Kaefer CD.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members are sick and tired of being treated like second class citizens on one of Europe\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest construction projects,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite regional officer Steve Benson.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey want to be able to work in a safe environment, with constructive industrial relations and decent welfare facilities,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bYet they are being met with continual resistance from sub-contractors and Sellafield Ltd to implement health and safety arrangements which are commonplace elsewhere in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSellafield is an important nuclear facility where health and safety and the welfare of workers should be paramount. Our experience shows that a full-time union convenor would help ensure a healthier, more productive and profitable workplace.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe would urge Sellafield and the sub-contractors to start treating their workers as partners and enter meaningful talks.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over 1,200 construction workers involved in the decommissioning and renewal project at Sellafield in Cumbria have begun a work to rule and overtime ban in a campaign to improve health and safety and productivity. &nbsp; The Unite members began the action short of strike at 5.30 am this morning (July 31) following a continued refusal [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[167,290,275],"wps_subtitle":"Construction workers take action short of strike for safer workplace","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057"}],"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=5057"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5058,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5057\/revisions\/5058"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5057"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5057"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5057"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}