Saturday 25 July 2009

Temperature rising on the Isle of Wight: campaign to save jobs at Vestas

I am doing some work on the blog for the Vestas campaign on the Isle of Wight. There 25 workers about to be laid off by Vestas Blades UK have occupied the management offices of their wind turbine blade factory. They want to highlight the effects of job losses on the Isle of Wight, and the gap between the government's rhetoric on expanding renewable energy and its actions - or, rather, lack of them.

The blog is here http://savevestas.wordpress.com. I have also started a petition on the 10 Downing Street website: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/SaveVestas/.

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