{"id":9486,"date":"2016-08-10T15:44:39","date_gmt":"2016-08-10T14:44:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=9486"},"modified":"2016-08-10T16:16:28","modified_gmt":"2016-08-10T15:16:28","slug":"vote-of-confidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=9486","title":{"rendered":"Vote of confidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The \u00c2\u01411bn contract to build trains for the newly awarded East Anglian rail franchise by Derby-based Bombardier was hailed as \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a vote of confidence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in UK manufacturing by Unite today (August 10).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Canadian-based Bombardier, which has its main UK centre in Derby, has won the \u00c2\u01411bn contract to supply 660 carriages in a move that will secure 1,000 jobs for a decade. It came as the government announced its decision to award the East Anglian franchise to Abellio until 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis is excellent news for the workers at Bombardier and this vote of confidence by Abellio East Anglia is a testament to their dedication, expertise and hard work. It is also good for the wider local economy and the supply chain,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite national officer for the rail industry Tony Murphy.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis boost for industrial production in the East Midlands shows that, despite the challenges posed by the Brexit vote on June 23, the UK manufacturing sector is open for business and remains amongst the global leaders for high-quality engineering,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bAt this time of economic challenges, as ministers wrestle with what exactly Brexit means, the fact that 1,000 highly-skilled jobs have been safeguarded for the next decade is to be applauded.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bFollowing the Bombardier news, Unite awaits with interest what the new \u00e2\u20ac\u0098industrial strategy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, as promised by prime minister Theresa May, will actually mean,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 Murphy went on to say. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite looks forward to discussing the make-up of such a strategy with the new business secretary Greg Clark.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u00c2\u01411bn contract to build trains for the newly awarded East Anglian rail franchise by Derby-based Bombardier was hailed as \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a vote of confidence\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in UK manufacturing by Unite today (August 10). &nbsp; Canadian-based Bombardier, which has its main UK centre in Derby, has won the \u00c2\u01411bn contract to supply 660 carriages in a move [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[55,74],"wps_subtitle":"Unite hails \u00c2\u01411bn Bombardier deal","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486"}],"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=9486"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9500,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9486\/revisions\/9500"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/9493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}