{"id":8030,"date":"2016-03-08T17:04:36","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8030"},"modified":"2016-03-08T17:04:36","modified_gmt":"2016-03-08T17:04:36","slug":"keep-the-lights-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8030","title":{"rendered":"Keep the lights on"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Confirmation that Npower is cutting a total of 2,400 jobs is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bitter blow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for workers and the energy sector Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest union, Unite said today (Tuesday 8 March) as it vowed to protect skills and jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nUnite which represents meter readers, revenue protection officers, gas fitters and electricians warned Npower against \u00e2\u20ac\u0098cutting too far, too fast\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 and \u00e2\u20ac\u0098self-defeating cuts\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 as bosses sought to turn the loss making firm around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nToday\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s confirmed job losses include 450 losses recently announced by Npower in the firm\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s home and social team with the first tranche of redundancies expected at the end of this year, followed by a second tranche at the end of 2017.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\nTalks on the detail of today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s announcement are expected to take place between unions and Npower over the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bConfirmation of these job losses on this scale is a bitter blow for workers, their communities and the wider energy sector,&#8221; said Unite national officer Kevin Coyne.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNpower\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s ability to repair its tarnished image and keep the lights on for its customers will hinge on a workforce which has worked hard over the past year to turn the company around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThey should not be made to pay for the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s past mismanagement with their livelihoods and we would urge Npower not to cut too far, too fast and lose vital skills which could undermine it in the long term,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members are the backbone of Npower and over the coming days and weeks as we scrutinise the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s plans, our number one priority will protecting jobs and customer service.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confirmation that Npower is cutting a total of 2,400 jobs is a \u00e2\u20ac\u0098bitter blow\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for workers and the energy sector Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s largest union, Unite said today (Tuesday 8 March) as it vowed to protect skills and jobs. &nbsp; Unite which represents meter readers, revenue protection officers, gas fitters and electricians warned Npower against \u00e2\u20ac\u0098cutting too [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[54,126],"wps_subtitle":"Npower warned against \u00e2\u20ac\u0098self-defeating\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 job losses ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030"}],"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=8030"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8031,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8030\/revisions\/8031"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}