VESTAS NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION

OPEN AIR SOLIDARITY RALLY – TRADE UNIONISTS, GLOBAL JUSTICE ACTIVISTS AND ENVIRONMENTALISTS UNITE TO SAVE JOBS AND SAVE THE PLANETThursday, 17 September 200917:00 – 18:30Nye Bevan StatueEnd of Queen StCardiff

SUPPORTED BY Cardiff RMT Branch, PCS Wales, Campaign against Climate Change, Leanne Wood AM, Climate Camp Cymru, World Development Movement Cardiff, People and Planet, Cardiff Young [...]

Vestas campaign update, 10 September 2009

 The workers and supporters are maintaining a blockade of the factory. The main leverage they have over politicians and the Vestas company is to prevent Vestas removing the remaining blades and valuable equipment at will.
In a press release this morning, the workers explained:
“We, the workers, see it as our duty to stop our blades [...]

NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION FOR VESTAS – DATE OF THE DAY OF ACTION HAS CHANGED

DATE OF THE DAY OF ACTION HAS CHANGED TO THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER
The Vestas wind turbine workers in the RMT union have called a national Day of Action. This short document from the Campaign against Climate Trade Union group will explain what has happened, what you can do, and why you should act.
This is a [...]

Vestas workers call for September day of action

The Vestas workers in the RMT have called another, much larger, national day of action on Wednesday, 9 September. They have asked for leafletting, postering, rallies, marches and direct action on the day. They also want workplace action. That could be a school spending the day teaching about green jobs and climate change, or workers [...]

RMT calls for full support for Vestas day of action‏

OFFSHORE ENERGY UNION RMT today called for full support for a day of action in support of the Vestas wind turbines factory campaign which will be marked by events up and down the country tomorrow (Wednesday August 12).
RMT, which represents a substantial block of the Vestas workforce, is continuing to support the fight to get [...]

Vestas – what you can do for the day of action

From Jonathan Neale, Campaign against Climate Change trade union group, On the Isle of Wight

The Vestas wind turbine workers have been evicted from the occupation, but they say firmly that the struggle goes on. They have asked for a national day of action on this Wednesday, with action of some kind in as many [...]

Trade Union Co-ordinating Group sends solidarity to Vestas workers

 The Trade Union Co-ordinating Group (TUCG), which comprises eight trade unions representing half a million members, today sent its full solidarity to Vestas workers occupying their factory on the Isle of Wight.
John McDonnell MP, TUCG Convenor, said:
“These workers are at the forefront of the struggle to save their jobs and our planet. The TUCG stands [...]