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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.
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
