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Over 100 workers attached to Unilever may be out of a job at the end of July after the company confirmed it would cease production in T&T.
In a notice on Monday, Unilever confirmed that its supply agreement with a third party, which came into effect after the sale of its Spreads business in 2018 as a key part of its global strategy, would come to an end on July 31, 2022.
Unilever said as a result, all manufacturing and production in Trinidad will cease.
Unilever Caribbean Ltd’s OWTU representative Neil Mc Eachnie confirmed that workers had been informed of the situation.
“(Monday), we were alerted that the company corresponded with the union officially advising of the cessation of manufacturing operations. That would be effected in July of this year,” Mc Eachnie said.
He said 119 unionised workers, and an unknown number of non-unionised would be affected as a result.
Mc Eachnie said the move had been expected since 2019, when over 250 workers were retrenched following restructuring at the company.
“Somewhere around 2019, the company would have indicated that they intended to exit manufacturing and that they had implemented the first phase of a two-phase retrenchment exercise.
“In that first phase, they would have outsourced some of their activities and they will have closed a plant as well. So they closed the plant that produced detergent powders and they outsourced their functions as it relates to warehousing and so on. And so this was not unexpected, it was in fact communicated to us at that point as well,” he said.
He explained that the workers that were not dismissed then had only remained on staff due to the agreement which will end in July.
“They do have a co-packing agreement with a company that purchased their spreads business globally for five more years. And as a consequence of that, they retained such employees as were necessary, to fulfil the requirements of that contract. That contract, based on information provided from Unilever will expire in July of this year.
“As I said, and consequently, they will no longer require the workforce, so that’s the information we were provided with,” he said the company was planning to become an importer and distributor.
“What that means for workers is that we will now join the very long list of persons of people who were previously employed in T&T.
“We will join the breadline basically because we are all to be retrenched,” he said, “The business model that they will be adopting, which is already in train, is essentially a distribution type exercise where they will store their finished goods from wherever they have a manufacturing set up and they will distribute to the local market or throughout the region wherever they have a business interest.”
Both Unilever and Mc Eachnie confirmed that meetings will be held with the representative union to discuss the future of the workers in keeping with their collective bargaining agreement.
agent007 wrote:Don’t blame unilever too much here now. It’s a business they running and what we should be concerned about is that the execs in that company have decided that it is not profitable for them to manufacture products right here in T&T to price it competitively.
We done so patriotic of our country already (if yuh dumb dumb that was sarcasm btw), you all rather spend say $50. on some dishwashing liquid just because it made in T&T when you can get same for half the price and it made elsewhere? The only thing we loyal to is our pockets.
Right now the MTI as well as the TTMA should have been meeting with the company and the union to strike a deal. We cannot afford to lose businesses cause that contributes to unemployment and local manufacturers that export will bring in vital USD into the system.
With that stream gone end of July, it further escalates our non competitive environment, foreign investment will continue to decline and forums like these will continue to be talk shops while together we take front row seats and watch our country collapse before our very own eyes.
The reality is scary now people and it gonna get worse.
daring dragoon wrote:agent007 wrote:Don’t blame unilever too much here now. It’s a business they running and what we should be concerned about is that the execs in that company have decided that it is not profitable for them to manufacture products right here in T&T to price it competitively.
We done so patriotic of our country already (if yuh dumb dumb that was sarcasm btw), you all rather spend say $50. on some dishwashing liquid just because it made in T&T when you can get same for half the price and it made elsewhere? The only thing we loyal to is our pockets.
Right now the MTI as well as the TTMA should have been meeting with the company and the union to strike a deal. We cannot afford to lose businesses cause that contributes to unemployment and local manufacturers that export will bring in vital USD into the system.
With that stream gone end of July, it further escalates our non competitive environment, foreign investment will continue to decline and forums like these will continue to be talk shops while together we take front row seats and watch our country collapse before our very own eyes.
The reality is scary now people and it gonna get worse.
well continue to buy the blueband butter and make you and your children happy in the mornings and forget the hundreds of local Trini's that loss they wuk and children have to eat roti and sugar once a day to survive now and move back in with mummy and daddy and bank take back the car and force the ex unilever workers to beat they wife and drink excessively and the man kill he wife and children become orphans who take up a gun and come after your children in a few years. so you eat your unilever blueband butter and make you and your family happy and be loyal to your own pocket. hope you watch your back when you can afford to go KFC and you walk out with your 10 piece for your family and no ex unilever employee aint pick up a gun and take the kfc from you cause he have family that want kfc also.
me, i rather if them locals have a wuk and they can not turn to crime to one day point a gun in my face. see what black loyalty done to people of east POS. no wuk, bandit breeding more bandit and we like it so.
Redress10 wrote:daring dragoon wrote:agent007 wrote:Don’t blame unilever too much here now. It’s a business they running and what we should be concerned about is that the execs in that company have decided that it is not profitable for them to manufacture products right here in T&T to price it competitively.
We done so patriotic of our country already (if yuh dumb dumb that was sarcasm btw), you all rather spend say $50. on some dishwashing liquid just because it made in T&T when you can get same for half the price and it made elsewhere? The only thing we loyal to is our pockets.
Right now the MTI as well as the TTMA should have been meeting with the company and the union to strike a deal. We cannot afford to lose businesses cause that contributes to unemployment and local manufacturers that export will bring in vital USD into the system.
With that stream gone end of July, it further escalates our non competitive environment, foreign investment will continue to decline and forums like these will continue to be talk shops while together we take front row seats and watch our country collapse before our very own eyes.
The reality is scary now people and it gonna get worse.
well continue to buy the blueband butter and make you and your children happy in the mornings and forget the hundreds of local Trini's that loss they wuk and children have to eat roti and sugar once a day to survive now and move back in with mummy and daddy and bank take back the car and force the ex unilever workers to beat they wife and drink excessively and the man kill he wife and children become orphans who take up a gun and come after your children in a few years. so you eat your unilever blueband butter and make you and your family happy and be loyal to your own pocket. hope you watch your back when you can afford to go KFC and you walk out with your 10 piece for your family and no ex unilever employee aint pick up a gun and take the kfc from you cause he have family that want kfc also.
me, i rather if them locals have a wuk and they can not turn to crime to one day point a gun in my face. see what black loyalty done to people of east POS. no wuk, bandit breeding more bandit and we like it so.
Jackarse you even hearing yaself? The only one to blame here is ya failure of a government that create an environment that result in businesses losing money. Throw in unions in there as well. These MNCs have to keep moving around in order to get the best labour to remain profitable. You don't think if the conditions were beneficial they would have stayed?
Some of you all really aint have a facking clue about how the world operates. All that ranting you just rant and you acting as though TT don't already import the majority of things we consume. Blue Band is butter. You really think that was manufactured here? With what milk and additives?
The country produces nothing and doesn't care to produce anything.The sooner you all wake up to that fact the sooner you would truly understand things. Don't blame unilever. Blame ya lazy countrymen who made unilever get up and leave.
Ent imspbert said the dollar not devaluing, he even boasted about it today, seems that day will never comeagent007 wrote:I won't say he talking nonsense. The point we shouldn't miss is companies are pulling out.
Our competitive position as a nation to attract foreign investment is slowly declining.
Therefore, we are solidify our dependency on imports. Whether it's butter, new Zealand cheese or a Suzuki ciaz. Fact is, a country that is so heavily dependent on imports with little forex supply to pay for said imports while fellow countrymen are out of a job will result in automatic and directly proportional increase in crime.
Global logistics and supply chain issues are rampant, manufacturing countries will keep for themselves first especially where there are shortages.
We here calling each other kant and jackass but I can assure you, just now all of us will be in the same position. It doesn't matter if you drive a Benz currently or live in a high rise tower with bank accounts so fat and numerous that you lose count.
When the currency is devalued and inflation rips off the blocks like Usain Bolt, survival of the fittest I tell you.
Gentlemen, now is time for unity not divide. Main thing is we all on the same side here.
agent007 wrote:I won't say he talking nonsense. The point we shouldn't miss is companies are pulling out.
Our competitive position as a nation to attract foreign investment is slowly declining.
Therefore, we are solidify our dependency on imports. Whether it's butter, new Zealand cheese or a Suzuki ciaz. Fact is, a country that is so heavily dependent on imports with little forex supply to pay for said imports while fellow countrymen are out of a job will result in automatic and directly proportional increase in crime.
Global logistics and supply chain issues are rampant, manufacturing countries will keep for themselves first especially where there are shortages.
We here calling each other kant and jackass but I can assure you, just now all of us will be in the same position. It doesn't matter if you drive a Benz currently or live in a high rise tower with bank accounts so fat and numerous that you lose count.
When the currency is devalued and inflation rips off the blocks like Usain Bolt, survival of the fittest I tell you.
Gentlemen, now is time for unity not divide. Main thing is we all on the same side here.
hover11 wrote:Ent imspbert said the dollar not devaluing, he even boasted about it today, seems that day will never comeagent007 wrote:I won't say he talking nonsense. The point we shouldn't miss is companies are pulling out.
Our competitive position as a nation to attract foreign investment is slowly declining.
Therefore, we are solidify our dependency on imports. Whether it's butter, new Zealand cheese or a Suzuki ciaz. Fact is, a country that is so heavily dependent on imports with little forex supply to pay for said imports while fellow countrymen are out of a job will result in automatic and directly proportional increase in crime.
Global logistics and supply chain issues are rampant, manufacturing countries will keep for themselves first especially where there are shortages.
We here calling each other kant and jackass but I can assure you, just now all of us will be in the same position. It doesn't matter if you drive a Benz currently or live in a high rise tower with bank accounts so fat and numerous that you lose count.
When the currency is devalued and inflation rips off the blocks like Usain Bolt, survival of the fittest I tell you.
Gentlemen, now is time for unity not divide. Main thing is we all on the same side here.
Go further than that.Was having a conversation with a younger colleague about 'doomsday' prepping.While it might sound far fetched, the other day when electricity and phones were down all day, there were people that could not function at all.Have we gotten so reliant on these gadgets?daring dragoon wrote:old saying from long ago. those who fail to prepare must be prepared to fail. get a 5 year plan and begin to prepare. if you look in most groceries items are already in short supply. youtube has plenty videos showing how to prepare. prepare for time such as loosing your job and shortages.leaving your cash in a bank are you sure you can access it in emergency or if it will be worth anything? invest in a 5 year plan that will keep your family fed for 5 years. think of it as making groceries 5 years in advance.
The paranoid man is only a fool until shtf. A few years a back I start putting things in place, even down to getting good with a guyanese an she family thing to jump ship when this one start to sink.timelapse wrote:Go further than that.Was having a conversation with a younger colleague about 'doomsday' prepping.While it might sound far fetched, the other day when electricity and phones were down all day, there were people that could not function at all.Have we gotten so reliant on these gadgets?daring dragoon wrote:old saying from long ago. those who fail to prepare must be prepared to fail. get a 5 year plan and begin to prepare. if you look in most groceries items are already in short supply. youtube has plenty videos showing how to prepare. prepare for time such as loosing your job and shortages.leaving your cash in a bank are you sure you can access it in emergency or if it will be worth anything? invest in a 5 year plan that will keep your family fed for 5 years. think of it as making groceries 5 years in advance.
In case of a local catastrophe or worse, global, we also need to plan for that.Learn some life skills as well
This.daring dragoon wrote:bulk buy yes buy dont bulk buy an store as it will get weavels etc. store in bulk but continue to buy and store while using what you purchased before. always rotate your stock. as you buy you store it behind the existing stock but continue to use what you have store. keep your stock a secret from persons who know you. i myself have a small warehouse type setup with about 4 years store from water to flour to drawers. only immediate family know the location. it will be every man for himself when you cant get food or it to expensive.
timelapse wrote:This.daring dragoon wrote:bulk buy yes buy dont bulk buy an store as it will get weavels etc. store in bulk but continue to buy and store while using what you purchased before. always rotate your stock. as you buy you store it behind the existing stock but continue to use what you have store. keep your stock a secret from persons who know you. i myself have a small warehouse type setup with about 4 years store from water to flour to drawers. only immediate family know the location. it will be every man for himself when you cant get food or it to expensive.
I plant stuff and have poultry.If food gets scarce, I will most likely have to defend my property from lazy boldfaced people that didn't prepare.But I got that covered too.
Unilever Caribbean Ltd (UCL) will retrench about 108 employees from its manufacturing division effective July 31, 2022.
Unilever Caribbean Ltd’s OWTU representative Neil Mc Eachnie confirmed the move yesterday.
“It will essentially be all of the unionised staff and I believe it will also affect a couple managers, particularly those associated with the manufacturing operation,” Mc Eachnie said.
He said while the retrenchment is something that “nobody wants, it is something we have come to accept.”
In a previous interview with Guardian Media in March this year, Mc Eachnie said the move had been expected since 2019, when over 250 workers were retrenched following restructuring at the company.
A statement issued yesterday said with the company’s third-party supply agreement set to end on July 31, UCL has issued notices of retrenchment to its employees from the manufacturing division.
It explained that after Unilever sold its Spreads business in 2018, UCL, as part of its restructuring exercise, entered into a four-year supply agreement with a third party.
The statement said this arrangement was the result of exhaustive analyses of the current operations and various restructuring strategies.
“Now that the supply agreement has expired, the company, unfortunately, has no option but to let go the employees of the manufacturing division,” the statement added.
It said before instituting this retrenchment exercise, UCL engaged in extensive consultations with the OWTU, the recognised majority union for workers employed by the company.
“These in-depth discussions were meant to reach a mutually agreeable outcome, if at all possible, in the interest of all parties, especially the affected workers,” the statement added.
It said the company will continue to prioritise the safety of all personnel, plant and equipment and will continue to actively pursue the well-being of the people and the operations of the company. UCL will abide by and operate in accordance with all legal obligations in all matters relating to this decision, it added.
The company expressed its deep appreciation for the service and contribution made by its employees over the past years.
daring dragoon wrote:Unilever Caribbean Ltd (UCL) will retrench about 108 employees from its manufacturing division effective July 31, 2022.
Unilever Caribbean Ltd’s OWTU representative Neil Mc Eachnie confirmed the move yesterday.
“It will essentially be all of the unionised staff and I believe it will also affect a couple managers, particularly those associated with the manufacturing operation,” Mc Eachnie said.
He said while the retrenchment is something that “nobody wants, it is something we have come to accept.”
In a previous interview with Guardian Media in March this year, Mc Eachnie said the move had been expected since 2019, when over 250 workers were retrenched following restructuring at the company.
A statement issued yesterday said with the company’s third-party supply agreement set to end on July 31, UCL has issued notices of retrenchment to its employees from the manufacturing division.
It explained that after Unilever sold its Spreads business in 2018, UCL, as part of its restructuring exercise, entered into a four-year supply agreement with a third party.
The statement said this arrangement was the result of exhaustive analyses of the current operations and various restructuring strategies.
“Now that the supply agreement has expired, the company, unfortunately, has no option but to let go the employees of the manufacturing division,” the statement added.
It said before instituting this retrenchment exercise, UCL engaged in extensive consultations with the OWTU, the recognised majority union for workers employed by the company.
“These in-depth discussions were meant to reach a mutually agreeable outcome, if at all possible, in the interest of all parties, especially the affected workers,” the statement added.
It said the company will continue to prioritise the safety of all personnel, plant and equipment and will continue to actively pursue the well-being of the people and the operations of the company. UCL will abide by and operate in accordance with all legal obligations in all matters relating to this decision, it added.
The company expressed its deep appreciation for the service and contribution made by its employees over the past years.
continue to enjoy your blueband margarine and squeezy while 108 of your fellow trinis cannot because the manufacturer of these products fired all of them and gave the job to some spanish in foreign.
daring dragoon wrote:Unilever Caribbean Ltd (UCL) will retrench about 108 employees from its manufacturing division effective July 31, 2022.
Unilever Caribbean Ltd’s OWTU representative Neil Mc Eachnie confirmed the move yesterday.
continue to enjoy your blueband margarine and squeezy while 108 of your fellow trinis cannot because the manufacturer of these products fired all of them and gave the job to some spanish in foreign.
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