SAVE TRUMP JOBS

RMT helpline 0800 376 3706 :: september 2020 :: RMTnews 9 RMT has calling on the Scottish government to intervene and condemn the Trump Organisation’s savage cuts to jobs and terms and conditions at its Turnberry resort in Ayrshire. The company is planning to bulldoze through over 80 redundancies alongside damaging cuts to sick, pay, working hours, pay enhancements, staff benefits and working conditions. Formal consultation on the plans is now over and despite strong RMT representations the Trump operation has shown no sign of backing down and has in fact ratcheted up the cuts. The company claims that it is being forced to make these cuts because of the impact of Covid-19 on visitor numbers, yet across the UK, there is a clear trend towards domestic staycations. Instead, RMT believes that the Trump organisation is shamelessly using the global pandemic as a guise for slashing terms and conditions of workers in Scotland. RMT’s letter to the First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon urged the Scottish government to intervene as a matter of urgency and condemn the Trump Organisation’s disgraceful treatment of Scottish workers and support the RMT’s campaign to protect all jobs and conditions at the Trump Turnberry resort.  RMT senior assistant general secretary Mick Lynch said that the union had been clear from the outset that the company was hell-bent on cutting jobs and slashing terms and conditions, under the guise of Covid-19, while at the same time as being in receipt of British taxpayer’s money in the form of furlough payments. “It is disgraceful that the Trump Organisation is ploughing ahead with these outrageous cuts, when it is clear that the real goal is casualising the workforce, with no regard for its dedicated employees.  “RMT is calling for the Scottish government to take action to protect these workers livelihoods from their employer’s shameful plans. “RMT has written to the First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon, to call on her government to support the RMT’s campaign to protect all jobs and conditions at the Turnberry resort and to ensure that our members are protected,” he said. R MT calls on wealthy Britannia Hotel Group owner to reinstate redundant jobs at Liverpool's world famous Adelphi Hotel. RMT called on the owner of the Brittannia Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool to reinstate 83 jobs that have been made redundant under the cloak of the COVID-19 crisis. Throughout the statutory consultation the employer refused to offer enhanced redundancy terms, or to use the government furlough scheme to its maximum extent until the end of October 20, to protect employment. The Hotel Group owner, Mr Alex Langsam, is the 518th richest person in Britain according to The Sunday Times 2020 rich list with a reported wealth of £248 million, it would have taken an insignificant amount of his personal assets to protect employment in the city.  RMT senior assistant general secretary Mick Lynch said that Liverpool had been battered by 10 years of Tory driven austerity driven and by an  ideological hatred of the working class. “When wealthy hotel owners aren't interested in protecting employment by using the Government furlough scheme to the full it shows just how rotten the system is. "The loss of 83 jobs at the world famous Adelphi Hotel will take another £1.5 million out of the Liverpool economy further depriving austerity ridden communities of much needed resources.  "It is a disgrace that wealthy hotel owners don't see protecting employment as a priority, instead putting the protection of their profits and establishment vested interests above employment opportunities for the working class Liverpudlian community,” he said. SAVE TRUMP JOBS RMT calls on Scottish government to oppose savage cuts to jobs and conditions at Trump Turnberry resort RM Sc int Tru cu co res bu red da wo en an REVERSE ADELPHI JOB LOSSES