Vestas avskedar i norra Europa – över 600 i England (525 i Newport, Isle of Wight och 100 i Southampton) och 1 142 i Danmark, trots rekordvinst och regeringarna gör ingenting för att rädda jobben trots alla tal om att satsa på alternativa energikällor samt gröna jobb.
I juni blev det också klart att 33 jobb försvinner vid Vestas anläggning i Guldsmedshyttan.
Medlemmar i Socialist Party (CWI), Rättvisepartiet Socialisternas (RS) systerparti, är aktiv i kampanjen för att rädda jobben på Vetas och de uppmanar till stöduttalande.
Du/ni kan skicka stöduttalande till: savevestas@googlemail.com
Förslag på kort text:
To the workers at the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport (Isle of Wight)
I / We fully support your struggle to save jobs and the environment.
Yours in struggle
Underskrift/organsation
Faced with the closure of the Vestas wind turbine factory on the Isle of Wight, the workers have decided to occupy the factory immediately and step up the fight to save the factory and their jobs. This follows threats and intimidations from management.
The key organisers called a meeting on the factory floor and unanimously decided to return to the plant at 7pm on 20 July to begin the occupation.
20 workers occupied the management offices and held out throughout the night waiting for reinforcements from other shifts. Spirits are high and the local police, who initially appeared hostile, backed away.
As soon as the workers occupied, calls to trade unionists across the region were answered. Members of the transport union RMT immediately left Portsmouth, crossing the Solent to the factory in solidarity.
Please send your messages of solidarity and support to: savevestas@googlemail.com