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Long-term future of Rolls-Royce's Lancashire factory secured after new deal agreed

The agreement includes a commitment that there will be no compulsory redundancies for five years

The long-term future of Rolls Royce's factory in Lancashire has been secured.(Image: PA)

The long-term future of Rolls-Royce's factory in Lancashire has been secured after a new deal was agreed.

Following a ballot the workers at the Barnoldswick factory, who are members of Unite, have accepted an enhanced agreement, extending protections previously secured in 2020, including a commitment that there will be no compulsory redundancies for five years and manufacturing will be undertaken on the site for at least 10 years.

The deal comes after the site's future was left hanging in the balance in early 2020 when Rolls-Royce announced it intended to remove much of the work from the factory and transfer it to Singapore.

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There was then a period of protracted strike action at the factory that led to an agreement and guarantees that the workforce "subsequently believed was not being honoured", Unite has said.

Further selective strike action this summer preceded this latest deal and further commitments for the long-term future of the site.

Unite assistant general secretary Steve Turner said: "This is a tremendous achievement for the workers at Barnoldswick who have stood solidly in support of one another and their community in the fight for a long-term future and cast iron guarantees for their plant.