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SHIPYARD Cammell Laird’s threat to replace a quarter of its workforce with casual labour is “totally unacceptable” and will be resisted, the Unite union has pledged.
The Birkenhead-based company sparked anger on Friday when it announced that 178 of its 700 workers would be axed as part of a company “restructure.”
The union said it was not consulted about the move or the business case behind it and insisted that the existing furlough scheme should be used to cover a temporary downturn in work while the company seeks new orders.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
KIM JOHNSON MP places the campaign in the context of the history of the working-class battles of the 1980s, and explains why, just like Orgreave and the Shrewsbury Pickets before it, justice today is so important for the struggles of tomorrow