{"id":8468,"date":"2016-04-21T16:26:34","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T15:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8468"},"modified":"2016-04-21T16:26:34","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T15:26:34","slug":"british-gas-jobs-axe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8468","title":{"rendered":"British Gas jobs axe"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>British Gas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 decision to axe 684 office jobs, including the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Oldbury operation in the West Midlands, has been met with dismay by Unite which called for the site to remain open.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bYesterday&#8217;s (April 20) announcement is a hammer blow for the workforce at Oldbury and their families, as well as having an adverse impact on the local economy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite regional co-ordinating officer Paresh Patel.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s position is that we need to do what we can to keep this site open and the 45-day consultation process will provide us with a platform to hear about the proposals in more detail and also to put forward alternative solutions,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bBritish Gas remains a highly profitable company.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBritish Gas is looking at relocating its Oldbury operation between two other sites in Uddingston, near Glasgow and Stockport , near Manchester,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Patel went on to say. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe plan is to create further roles at these three sites, making those \u00e2\u20ac\u0098centres of excellence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, but most people may not want to relocate.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe majority of roles under threat relate to call centre workers and office staff.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhile our membership is predominantly based amongst the field operative group, who work across the UK, we will do all that we can to support those members who may be affected by this announcement.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, British Gas said that if the closure of the Oldbury office is confirmed, British Gas Services would explore redeployment opportunities for people whose roles are affected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Gas\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 decision to axe 684 office jobs, including the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Oldbury operation in the West Midlands, has been met with dismay by Unite which called for the site to remain open. &nbsp; \u00e2\u20ac\u015bYesterday&#8217;s (April 20) announcement is a hammer blow for the workforce at Oldbury and their families, as well as having an adverse [&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":[512,54,126],"wps_subtitle":"Nearly 700 jobs to go as West Mids operation shut","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468"}],"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=8468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8469,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8468\/revisions\/8469"}],"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=8468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}