New CERIC Blog: Protecting the Industrial Commons
Rolls-Royce feels the effects of the Coronavirus crisis by announcing 9000 jobs are to be cut.
CERIC member, Dr Ian Greenwood has written the latest blog on "Protecting the Industrial Commons: Redundancies at Roll’s Royce and the wider impact on UK industry".“
The announcement by Rolls Royce that in response to the impact of the COVID crisis, worldwide, 9000 jobs are to be cut -most at its aerospace centre in Derby- will reverberate beyond the confines of the aerospace industry.
That the company has been in financial difficulties for a while is no secret. In December 2019 the company announced that it was to reduce its intake of apprentices and graduate trainees by almost a third. This continued a five-year trend and takes place within an ongoing programme of contracting its management head count by 5000. The company has also disclosed that it will experience a £2.4bn cash fall between 2017 and 2023. The crisis in profitability that has beset the company has been exacerbated by serious problems involved in resolving quality issues with its Boeing bound Trent 1000 engines. The aircraft industry is suggesting that 2019 levels of output will take five years to attain.”
