Workers Occupy Wind Turbine Factory

international | environment | other press Dé Céadaoin Iúil 29, 2009 10:11 by G - n/a

From the New Internationalist Website:

http://blog.newint.org/editors/2009/07/21/blades-of-glo...ments

The UK’s only factory making wind turbines is due to close at the end of this month, with the loss of 600 jobs. This makes a mockery of the Government’s rhetoric about becoming a ‘world leader in green jobs’. So the workers have taken matters into their own hands, and occupied the factory, owned by Vestas.

The occupiers say: ‘The government has just announced a major expansion of renewable energy including wind power. We are calling on Vestas to keep the factories open, saving jobs and offering those who want to leave a better redundancy deal. We are calling on the government to intervene to save jobs at Vestas - through nationalisation if that is what it takes - to show that it is serious about saving the planet.’

Updates can be found on the Save Vestas website:

http://savevestas.wordpress.com/