{"id":9150,"date":"2016-06-30T14:45:46","date_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9150"},"modified":"2016-06-30T14:45:46","modified_gmt":"2016-06-30T13:45:46","slug":"the-cluck-stops-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9150","title":{"rendered":"The cluck stops here"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The union said that it was \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a worrying time\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for employees, after the owners, Rutland Partners appointed PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to look for possible buyers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite, which represents about 450 of the 2,000-strong workforce, will be raising its concerns with management at the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Great Witchingham headquarters in Norfolk on Friday, July 15.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is a worrying time for our members and we will be seeking clarity on what this means for the company and the workers when we meet management on Friday 15 July,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite regional officer Steve Harley.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite recognises that Bernard Matthews is in a very competitive marketplace with profit margins being squeezed,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis issue is one for the management\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s marketing and sales team to address as a matter of urgency.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bOur members are dedicated and hardworking, and have contributed to the company\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s long-standing success with its iconic name \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Unite will do everything possible to support them during this period of uncertainty.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Unite\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s members are based at the producing\u00c2\u00a0 sites at Great Witchingham and Holton in Suffolk, as well as the animal food mill at Bawsey, near King\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Lynn.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarity on the future of turkey producers Bernard Matthews and its 2,000-strong workforce has been called for by Unite today (June 30). &nbsp; The union said that it was \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a worrying time\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 for employees, after the owners, Rutland Partners appointed PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PwC) to look for possible buyers. &nbsp; Unite, which represents about 450 of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9151,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[489,539],"wps_subtitle":"Unite seeks clarity on future of turkey producers ","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150"}],"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=9150"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9152,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9150\/revisions\/9152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}