Union gets behind Starmer’s Brexit deal in bid save the UK’s car industry

[pellinore]

Union leaders have backed Keir Starmer’s planned ‘reset’ of Brexit and predicted that it will help save the British car industry.

In an interview with The Independent, Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said he “absolutely” believed the policy would keep manufacturing and other jobs in the UK and prevent them being moved to the continent.

Mr Nowak also urged the new Labour government to deliver the “change” he said the public had voted for.

And he called for an urgent new ‘workforce commission’ to plot a way to repair the UK’s public services, as a new poll reveals that nearly three-quarters (73 per cent) of voters think they are deteriorating.

Union leader gets behind Starmer’s Brexit deal in bid save the UK’s car industry | The Independent

Edited September 5 by pellinore

[L.A.T.1961]

In an interview with The Independent, Paul Nowak, the general secretary of the Trades Union Congress (TUC), said he “absolutely” believed the policy would keep manufacturing and other jobs in the UK and prevent them being moved to the continent.

What policy is that. It is words and a vague aspiration. 

Unions need to look north and Starmers scraping of north sea oil license's to get the Labour party's bigger picture on saving jobs and creating growth. 

Edited September 5 by L.A.T.1961

[A rather obscure Bassoon]

Anything that involves the Unions and a Labour Government Isn’t going to end well.The Labour Government partly nationalised what would become British Leyland and the Unions would go on to bring it to knee’s on several occasions back in the 70’s.

 

[L.A.T.1961]

Apparently having closer ties with the EU will not save your car industry. First there has to be a solid business case and no threat of windfall taxes.

Volkswagen’s week from hell.

 On Monday, the carmaker sent shockwaves across the business world by announcing that it was considering shuttering factories in Germany due to stiff competition from China. If it follows through with the proposal, it would be the first closure on German soil in the company's 87-year history.

 While Volkswagen is hardly alone in the pressure to stay afloat, the company's unique board structure (union control) has put it in a precarious position with little room to maneuver.

 In a contentious meeting on Sept. 4, Antlitz told workers the company would need to cut up to 25,000 employees to meet its €10 billion goal. While initially hoping to reach that target through early retirements and natural attrition, it came up €3 billion short.

https://www.politico.eu/article/volkswagen-germany-union-workers-factories-china-competition/