Liverpool transfer delayed

The transfer of Enterprise-Liverpool's £5m-a-year housing contract for Cobalt Housing Association has been delayed by two weeks due to a breakdown in talks over terms and conditions.
Enterprise-Liverpool's joint venture repair and maintenance contract was due to be handed over to replacement contractors last week. However, workers were told in writing last Friday that the transfer would not occur until around 14 July due
to technicalities.
Union officials have told CJ that problems still surround an agreement of terms and conditions for workers who will transfer across under TUPE rules from Enterprise-Liverpool to the contract's newly-appointed contractors: BSS; Integral: JC Construction; and Ritson & McKenzie.
Last week's crunch meeting between union representatives and Enterprise-Liverpool (CJ 30 June) was inconclusive, with unions refraining from taking strike action until the proposed terms and conditions had been put to the contract's 65-strong workforce.
Strike action might be proposed if some form of agreement isn't reached at a meeting today (Wednesday) between unions, Enterprise-Liverpool and Cobalt.