Minutes of Stage 2 Consortium Meeting - GMB Yorkshire and North ...

situation, Phil Hubbard had all the commercial information about the site,and had been in negotiations with Remploy. It could not be right and itwas commercially wrong. JSt stated that the information was on the website. Red Rock signs a deal with Remploy.2.27 JN added that it did not take account of the Sayce report. The Consortiumhad stated earlier in the meeting that there had been no support for socialenterprises. All of it had been about how fast could the Company closethose factories. There had been no consideration about whether any ofthe factories could be set up as social enterprises or be management buyouts.If people had an interest they should do that and be given the timeto do that. AH replied that all he could say was that the process emergedto handle the commercial sale of factories and assets. We ran thecommercial process first for businesses as a going concern and when therewere none or bid collapsed they went in to asset sales. All the challengeshad failed to show that the Company did not run the proper process. Anymisconduct or improper behaviour, when the Company has had theinformation it has taken the appropriate action. The Unions havementioned one person and there has been no evidence. KH said that theCompany had not investigated that. AH replied that the Company had. Itwas in the minutes. The Company contacted Toby Perkins’ office whichsaid there had been no contact. JC reminded the Consortium that theCompany had asked them to provide the details and the evidence. PD saidthat the Unions would talk to Toby Perkins. The Company had said therewas no record. AH clarified that the Company had said that there was noevidence of misconduct. PD stated that Toby Perkins has told the Unionsthat he met with Steve Jones at Simon Webster’s request in London, andthat the discussion was around the acquisition of Chesterfield because itwas in his constituency. AH replied that was not the Company’sunderstanding of the meeting. PD asserted that he had it in writing. JStconfirmed that the Unions had it in writing, and that he had sent it to AH.AH and JC said JSt had not done that. It had been minuted that he was todo that but it didn’t come through. GW suggested that rather than sayingsomeone did not send something it might be better to say it was notreceived. AH suggested that perhaps people should not say that they sentit. PD said that JStr would have a record of it going out from his system.2.28 PD summarised the outstanding issues.2.28.1 Barrow – what compensation would the company pay to employeesand what action had it taken about the data that had been given toanother company. PD asked if the Barrow deal had been signed. ASsated it was signed on 7 th December 2012. JC added that the dealcompletion had been announced on 10 th December.2.28.2 PD said the Unions needed more transparency about what has goneon at Springburn and would ask the Company to have another lookat what has gone on. It seemed very suspicious that a companycould withdraw on the basis of issuing contracts to anothercompany. That had to be a breach of TUPE. The work has gone tosomewhere else in the UK and the people were being madeCompany torespondCompany torespondMinutes of stage 2 Consortium meeting 1 191212 amended final issued 250113 Page 14 of 26