Car production in the UK fell by close to 10 per cent last year and automotive industry investment by nearly 50 per cent according to new figures, with Unite blaming a “toxic cocktail” of economic…Read more…
‘Unity of purpose’
Unite said it would be working to ensure the ‘unity of purpose’ shown at the first meeting of the Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) development partnership is put into action. The partnership involving…Read more…
‘Devastating blow’
Unite vowed today (January 11) to fight any compulsory redundancies, following briefings that 1,000 job losses were on the cards over the next two years at Ford’s Bridgend engine plant in South…Read more…
‘Caught in the crosshairs’
Against a backdrop of continuing Brexit uncertainty and declining demand for diesel cars, both Ford and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) today (January 10) announced job losses across their businesses…Read more…
Car sales ‘cliff edge’
Nearly 6,000 car industry jobs have been lost since 2016 according to new figures revealing the challenges now facing the UK automotive sector, which has seen another year of declining sales. …Read more…
In-work poverty rising
Rising employment and wages figures out today (December 11) belied the overall health of the economy as new GDP figures painted a starker picture of things to come. Both employment and…Read more…
‘Body blow’ for car workers
Brexit-related plans by car parts manufacturer Schaeffler to close its factories in Llanelli and Plymouth have been described as a “body blow” for autoworkers by Unite. The union vowed to…Read more…
‘Non-runner’
The BEIS Select Committee is right on the Government’s confused government auto stance, but wrong on bringing forward a diesel ban to 2032 – we need an industrial policy if a just transition to…Read more…
Planned approach call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for car workers, cautioned that a call to bring forward the government’s target to ban new sales of petrol and diesel vehicles to 2032 could be undeliverable because of…Read more…
Investment freeze threat
Theresa May should stand up to the warring factions in her party to avoid a job destroying hard Brexit, Unite said this week (October 16). The call came ahead of a crunch 48 hours for Theresa…Read more…
Toyota Brexit warning
Unite called on Tory ministers to put the livelihoods of the nation’s car workers and manufacturers ahead of “self-interested political ambition” after warnings from Toyota today (October 2) that a…Read more…
‘Jewel in the crown’
Moving an emergency motion on the crisis in the automotive industry at Labour Party conference today (September 24), Unite assistant general secretary Tony Burke explained how the industry became the…Read more…
Don’t gamble with our jobs
Two of the UK’s biggest car makers have altered their production schedules as automotive sector preparations for crashing out of the EU intensify, leading Unite to warn that the government is…Read more…
‘Toxic mix’
Brexit uncertainty and the continued squeeze in wages are combining to form a toxic mix which is hitting manufacturing investment, Unite has warned this week (September 3). The latest UK…Read more…
‘Cliff edge’ Brexit threat
UK car manufacturing output fell by 11 per cent in July compared to the same month last year new figures show – as Brexit uncertainty continues to plague the automotive sector. The latest…Read more…
‘Cliff edge’ Brexit warning
The government must avoid a “catastrophic” hard Brexit Unite has warned, after the Brexit secretary Dominic Raab admitted it was now preparing for no deal to be reached. A cliff edge Brexit…Read more…
Gambling away jobs
Unite shop stewards representing over 100,000 manufacturing workers travelled from across the UK today (July 17) to lobby Tory MPs for a sensible Brexit that supports key industries and jobs. …Read more…
‘Road to Zero’?
The government’s strategy to curb vehicle emissions lacks clarity and could damage the UK’s motor industry, Unite has said. The ‘Road to Zero’ strategy, announced yesterday (July 9), proposes…Read more…
Managed transition
Unite said it would be pressing Jaguar Land Rover for a managed transition that protects jobs after the car maker confirmed to workers today (June 12) that it would be investing in new production…Read more…
Road to nowhere?
Drip feeding the media on plans to ban internal combustion engines (ICE) by 2040 is no way to tackle an issue that will affect thousands of Unite members in the UKs automotive manufacturers, the auto…Read more…