Around 1,700 managers at Derby’s Rolls-Royce have joined a major union following the signing of a landmark agreement.
The Unite union already represents a number of shop floor workers at the engineering giant’s Civil Aerospace division, in Victory Road, Sinfin.
Now, an agreement has been signed covering managers at Derby and another Rolls-Royce site in Hucknall, Nottinghamshire.
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According to the union, it is the first such agreement for management levels at Rolls-Royce in Derby and Unite is expecting to roll this out to the firm’s other 海角视频 sites in the coming months.
The agreement gives Unite collective bargaining and consultation rights for the Derby group of factories and opens discussions regarding the 13 other sites alongside recruitment and organising, which the union hopes will culminate in a 海角视频-wide recognition agreement for Rolls-Royce managers.
The interim agreement was signed in Derby by Unite’s regional secretary, Paresh Patel and Andrew Page, Rolls-Royce’s head of employment relations for Civil Aerospace.
Unite said that the managers approached the union as they felt that they needed a voice in the workplace and had seen the “effective and professional way” the union had represented the employees they managed.
Mr Patel said: “This is a historic moment for Unite and Rolls-Royce. This interim agreement covers almost 1,700 managers across business areas, from procurement to engineering, in Derby.
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“It paves the way for negotiations on a 海角视频 wide recognition agreement for the appropriate levels of Rolls-Royce managers which we hope to conclude over the coming months.
“After careful consideration managers decided that they needed a collective voice to support their employment relationship with the company.”
In recent years, Rolls-Royce has been cutting a number of management roles across its businesses in order to cut costs and simplify the way the company operates.
Last year, the company announced it was cutting 4,600 jobs, including up to 3,000 in Derby.
In June last year, it said it would be slashing thousands of middle management and back office positions at the Civil Aerospace site to save the company around £400 million a year by the end of 2020.
At the time, the company said that it planned to cut 1,000 jobs at Derby in 2018, another 1,000 in 2019 and further 1,000 by mid-2020.
But according to Unite, work towards the union recognition agreement began three years ago, which pre-dates last summer’s job cuts announcement.
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Tony Tinley, regional officer at Unite, said: “Rolls-Royce is a giant of British industry and I’m very proud that these managers have chosen Unite to be the vehicle for this progressive development.
“It’s a testament to the hard work and professional representation that Unite already gives to Rolls-Royce staff.
“We look forward to a constructive dialogue and representing the interests of the managers once the talks have concluded.”