TAXIS Back black cabs PM plea
Unite called on prime minister, David Cameron to join London’s Mayor Boris Johnson in backing Unite's campaign to save the black cab.
Unite wrote to David Cameron, Boris Johnson, business secretary Vince Cable and transport secretary, Patrick McLoughlin urging them to support the campaign.
Boris Johnson pledged his support. Unite assistant general secretary, Tony Burke said, “We’re pleased the London mayor is backing our campaign and we hope David Cameron will join him. There’s a very real risk to the future of the black cab and Unite is campaigning to ensure that any buyer commits to building the black cabs in the UK.”
In October, LTI (London Taxi International) went into administration putting the future of Britain’s only black cab maker at risk. Administrator, PWC, sacked 156 workers, threatening the firm’s future.
Unite is urging PWC and any potential buyer to keep manufacturing in Coventry and the black cab on the road. PWC is set to make the final decision on the company's future imminently. Visit our facebook page
www.Facebook.com/SaveOur BlackCabs and sign our petition.
ENERGY Sellafield jobs joy
In December Unite welcomed Sellafield’s announcement it would be creating 500 new jobs to accelerate the decommissioning of the West Cumbria nuclear energy site.
Sellafield, along with other ageing UK nuclear sites, is being decommissioned ahead of a planned investment in new power stations. The clean-up process is due to be completed by the end of the decade.
Unite national officer Kevin Coyne
said, “The creation of new jobs in West Cumbria is great news for the local economy in the current economic climate. The nuclear decommissioning authority’s (NDA) decision to accelerate decommissioning is good news for Sellafield. We know that there are still a number of job vacancies on the site and we call on the NDA to fill these positions with urgency."
The site currently employs around 10,000 people.
9 uniteWORKS January/February 2013
Unite cabbie Mike Hedges speaks to fellow drivers GS ELECTION GS vote in 2013
Unite’s executive council has confirmed it will hold an election for the post of general secretary early in 2013, bringing forward the election from 2015 to avoid any clash with the UK general election which will also be held in that year.
In a statement confirming the election, the executive council said, “With a devastating economic crisis still
unfolding, the need throughout the movement for clear and purposeful leadership will be of continuing importance. Unite’s own further integration and development would also be enhanced by clarity and stability regarding the union's leadership over the next period.”
A timetable for the election process has been agreed by the executive.
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