{"id":76331,"date":"2020-05-18T14:45:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T13:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=76331"},"modified":"2020-05-19T10:41:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-19T09:41:55","slug":"jcb-job-losses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/jcb-job-losses\/76331\/","title":{"rendered":"JCB job losses \u2018a slap in the face\u2019, says Unite"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jcb.com\/en-gb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">JCB<\/a> has said that up to 950 jobs are at risk due to a 50% drop in global demand, as construction union Unite calls the announcement \u2018a slap in the face\u2019 for hardworking staff<\/h2>\n<p>On Friday (15 May), JCB wrote to its employees to reveal that up to 950 staff roles could face redundancy at its ten plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire and Wrexham and that a 45-day consultation period will begin.<\/p>\n<p>JCB also said it would dismiss a further 500 agency staff.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/plant-equipment-supplies-news\/jcb-safety-measures\/76128\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">firm faces severe disruption<\/a> because of Covid-19.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the decision to restructure the business had been tough, but that they had no other choice.<\/p>\n<p>JCB\u2019s chief executive officer, Graeme Macdonald, said: \u201cIn 2020 we had planned to sell and produce more than 100,000 machines. With so much <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/covid-19-economy-recovery\/76193\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">global uncertainty<\/a>, that figure right now is looking more like 50,000 machines.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the UK, around 85% of everything we manufacture is exported and our UK factories will now produce machines at half the rate we had planned just a few months ago. As a result, we have no choice but to align our cost base to demand for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is deeply regrettable that we have had to take these steps to restructure the business and that it will have an impact on so many people. No business could have anticipated the scale of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/covid-19-construction-news\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Covid-19<\/a> crisis and its economic consequences.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have had to act quickly for the long-term survival of the business, which has been at the heart of our decision-making throughout this difficult period.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>\u2018A slap in the face\u2019<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Unite<\/a> assistant general secretary for manufacturing Steve Turner, said: \u201cJCB is preparing to throw 1,500 workers under the bus just as the government asks employers to pay their fair share towards protecting jobs and keeping the heads of loyal workers above water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA major Tory party donor and big supporter of the prime minister \u2013 the company seems to be turning its back on measures personally tailored by Boris Johnson and chancellor Rishi Sunak to help the very people that have made JCB a household name here and overseas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is the case, this a personal slap in the face for the prime minister by a company that has lavished large sums on the Tory party and provided the forum for his bizarre election stunt when he smashed through a polystyrene \u2018wall\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoris Johnson should be on the phone this afternoon seeking guarantees that JCB will save those jobs and use the JRS in the way it was designed to protect workers, their families and communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Turner added: \u201cJCB\u2019s announcement is an indication of a much deeper problem however. As the prime minister prepares to make that call, he should line up others to follow as part of the broader national drive to support UK manufacturing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are in desperate need of a clear plan and post-Covid-19 strategy from government to support UK Plc. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/covid-19-construction-industry\/74935\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building resilience<\/a> in our lost supply chains, re-shoring jobs and protecting skills alongside regional economies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is exactly what JCB should be doing to save these jobs. It\u2019s a major exporter as well as domestic supplier and needs to play its part during this national emergency to safeguard manufacturing jobs, bring home its supply chains and spearhead a post-pandemic recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Please note: Unite does not represent the employees of JCB. 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