29 December 2014
RMT Press Office
City Link union RMT today wrote to administrators Ernst and Young calling for a halt to 2000 redundancies, due to be bulldozed through on New Years Eve , to allow for talks with business secretary Vince Cable aimed at thrashing out a rescue package.
Future of City Link
I am writing to ask you to defer making any further announcements on the future of City Link and job losses until such time as discussions have taken place with Vince Cable and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
It would be cavalier and callous for Ernst and Young to charge ahead with making thousands of workers redundant on New Year’s Eve when discussions have not yet taken place with Ministers to establish what support could be given to City Link by the Government.
Indeed we would suggest a summit between you as administrators, the government and the RMT to explore all the options that are available.
I hope you agree that we should be doing all that we can to secure the future of the company and its employees and I look forward to your urgent agreement to this proposal.
Yours sincerely
Mick Cash
General Secretary
I am writing to ask you meet me straight away together with the City Link administrators to discuss all the options to secure the future of the company and its employees.
As you will be aware the administrators have said that thousands of job losses are due to take place from New Year, therefore your offer to meet the unions in the New Year will be too late to save these jobs and to secure a future for the company.
I am proposing a summit this week between the administrators, government and the RMT so we can try and hammer out a way forward and I look forward to your urgent response.
Yours sincerely
Mick Cash
Unity House
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