Shipbuilding unions to oppose compulsory redundancies at Barrow
shipyard
11th February 2010
Responding to the news that BAE systems is to cut 230 jobs at
its submarine division in Barrow, Hugh Scullion, general secretary
of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions (CSEU)
said: "The CSEU believes that with a positive attitude to
negotiations there will be no need for compulsory job losses. Local
talks have been initiated to mitigate the number of jobs to be lost
and we believe that through volunteers, transfers, re-training,
re-skilling, and the use of mobility agreements there will be
no need for compulsory redundancies."
Mr. Scullion continued: "This is not the time to rid the
shipbuilding industry of its skills base. There is an ongoing build
up of work on the carrier project and more work to continue with
the Astute submarine project. These skills are required now and
will be in the future. That is why the talks need to be proactive
to avoid the need for compulsory redundancies."
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