UPDATED: Airbus Broughton workers set to find out if working week will be reduced
Update: Unite members at Airbus in Broughton have voted ‘overwhelmingly’ to support the introduction of a shorter working week in order to save jobs.
Earlier report: The results of a ballot on a plan to move to a shorter working week in bid to save jobs at Airbus Broughton are expected later today.
Airbus opened talks with unions on reducing the Broughton workforce by 1,435 last summer after the planemaker said it was cutting 15,000 jobs globally due to the effects of the pandemic.
Nearly 1,000 jobs have gone through voluntary redundancies and around 450 production and production-support workers contracted to Airbus were made redundant last August.
A plan, negotiated between Unite and Airbus would see a reduction in the working week of up to 10 per cent for a short period of time.
If agreed, the proposal will remove the possibility of compulsory redundancies and provide a roadmap to a resumption of full time working and a way out of this COVID-19 crisis.
Despite the voluntary redundancies up to 400 jobs are still under threat.
The proposal to cut the working week could help avoid compulsory redundancies.
According to the BBC, a ballot of around 3500 members of the Unite union will close this morning with the results expected announced later today.
“Union sources have said that if workers at the site vote in favour of the arrangement, it would mean a reduction of 10% in their hours.
Airbus would make up a third of the shortfall in salaries, although workers would lose about 6.6% of their pay.
The 12-month arrangement would be implemented when the UK government furlough scheme comes to an end.” The BBC states.
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