Solidarity with Rolls Royce workers


1,300 worker’s in Rolls Royce’s Inchinnan plant are being left in the dark over the announcement of worldwide job losses, amounting to 9,000 of their employees. This is a fifth of its workforce, of which 8,000 will be in the UK, and it seem Inchinnan workers will not be immune.

This news comes as no surprise as it follows on from similar announcements in the aviation industries where it seems that ordinary workers are paying the price for things that are not their fault. Rolls Royce worker’s are highly skilled and when redundancies take place it’s not only the job that goes, the skills go also and it is short termism at its worse to expect those skills to be there when things pick up which would result in costing them more.

Unite the Union has said that this decision is “shameful opportunism”. Assistant General Secretary said “The news Rolls-Royce is preparing to throw thousands of skilled, loyal, world-class workers, their families and communities under the bus during the worst public health crisis since 1918 is shameful opportunism.
“This company has accepted public money to furlough thousands of workers. Unite and Britain’s taxpayers deserve a more responsible approach to a national emergency. We call upon Rolls-Royce to step back from the brink and work with us on a better way through this crisis”.
It is also incumbent on both governments, at Westminster and Holyrood, to ensure an inclusive approach that shows Rolls Royce that this is not the right way to behave in a national emergency, and to work to save these jobs and skills for future of this important industry and wider community.
The Labour Group in Renfrewshire Council sends solidarity to, and will support, the workers in Inchinnan, and will do everything in our power to stand up for them in any way we can.

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