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PCS shows unity with Vestas workers

28 July 2009

PCS Assistant General Secretary Chris Baugh is today visiting the Isle of Wight where he will meet members in government offices as part of a campaign to defend jobs on the island.

To show PCS support for renewable energy and green jobs, Chris will also be visiting the Vestas wind turbine plant on the island in Newport, which is facing closure at the end of the week with the loss of 600 jobs.

Commenting on the planned closure of the Vestas plants, Chris Baugh said: "PCS members’ jobs in government offices on the Isle of Wight are under threat too, so we are showing solidarity with the Vestas workers and actively supporting their campaign to save their jobs.

"The government has just announced plans to create 400,000 green jobs over the next five years and a huge expansion of renewable energy.

"Yet it seems unwilling to step in to save 600 jobs at Vestas, the only wind turbine plant in England. We are calling on the government to intervene to save jobs on the Isle of Wight.

"We are also encouraging our members and branches to support the workers at Vestas by sending messages of solidarity and support."
 

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