Thanks to Charlie Maxwell who has been commenting on this blog regarding updates from the Belfast Visteon factory occupation. Just like to say solidarity to you comrade and to all the workers involved good luck with the fight!
The Visteon workers in Enfield are still in struggle despite no longer being in occupation of their plant. The Visteon workers in Belfast burnt the court orders evicting them from their plant! All the Visteon workers need and desverve the support of every socialist and every trade unionist.
The Enfield plant is being picketed 24 hours each day. Individuals and groups are more than welcome at the picket at any time of the day or night.
Especially welcome are food items and logs to burn on the fire. Regular rallies each Saturday at the Enfield plant are planned as is the leafleting of Ford showrooms. On Wednesday 22 April at 7.30pm there will be the weekly support group meeting at Gate 5 of the Enfild plant.
A blog has been set up www.visteonoccupation.org.
The struggle continues.
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I was the Deputy Convener to Les Oliphant at the now Visteon Engineering Services, Endeavour Drive Basildon. I was recently forced into taking early retirement in February and my Pension is with VUK, I will be affected by the disgraceful decision ‘Corporate Visteon’ took with the help and full assistance of Steve Gawn MD, as will every other employee of Visteon who has been made to SUFFER, many much worse off than myself. My thoughts and prays are for the Men who had only Minutes notice before they were told: “You no longer have a job”.
Before I left VES, we had our Final Salary Pension (Ford Mirror Terms) switched to a Stakeholder Scheme, and Management have current REFUSED to implement the latest Ford pay increase for “Mirrored Terms” employees. It wont be long before the Axe falls on the so far untouched VES.
God Bless you all.
Terry Read
Harpy,
Readers might be interested in this article from a US socialist and Ford worker on Visteon at Solidarity’s site…
http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/2142
RR
Thanks Terry for that.
And thanks too to Rushbelt for sending that link.