Dr. Larch Maxey
Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe
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Time for deeds not words
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Out now! "Low Impact Development: The Future in our hands." Edited by Jenny Pickerill and Larch Maxey http://lowimpactdevelopment.wordpress.com/
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Subject: Re: Save Vestas! Four things you can do
HI all
I have put the text of the callout for donations etc together with the
march leaflet - to make a double sided leaflet. Hope is of use:
http://www.stuffit.org/misc/2sides.pdf
all the best
steve stuffit
Workers Climate action wrote:
> *Thank you for your support. Here are four ways you can help save jobs
> and sustainable energy at Vestas:*
>
> *1. * We need donations of money to our fighting fund! Please send a
> donation from your organisation, union branch, or trades council, or
> make a personal donation: cheques payable to 'Ryde and East Wight Trades
> Union'
>
> 22 Church Lane
> Ryde
> Isle of Wight
> PO33 2NB
>
> *2.* Spread the word about the campaign to save the factory, and
> encourage more people to send messages of solidarity and offers of
> practical support to [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> *3. * Organise a visible demonstration of solidarity - hold a
> gathering in your town centre, distribute the attached leaflet, collect
> signatures on the attached petition, make people aware of the dispute.
> Take a photograph of members of your organisation holding a placard that
> reads "Save Vestas" and email the photo to [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> *4. * Come to the Demonstration on the island in *Newport St. James'
> Square* (outside Millets)* this Saturday July 11th, at midday*. Show
> your support for the Vestas workers!
> /
> Actions like these are crucial to building confidence amongst the
> workforce and bolstering the campaign. Every message, every penny, every
> leaflet and every photo really does count!/
>
> *Below is the text to the leaflet, written by the Vestas workers:
> (leaflet is attached as a PDF as well)
> *
>
> /"As a wind turbine manufacturer I was confident as the recession took
> hold that green or renewable energy would be the area where many jobs
> could be created not lost.
>
> "So I was, along with many others, horrified to find out that our jobs
> were moving to America. Over 600 jobs from the Isle of Wight and
> Portsmouth were going to be added to the already poor state of island
> unemployment.
>
> "This has and will continue to send shockwaves of uncertainty through
> countless families-many of which are being forced to relocate away from
> the island.
>
> "I find this hard to stomach as the government are getting away with
> claiming they are investing heavily in these types of industry.
>
> "I think it's about time they stopped bailing out greedy bankers and
> started doing what they claim to be doing.
>
> "The people of Vestas matter and the people of the island matter but
> equally importantly the people of this planet matter.
>
> "I for one will not be brushed under the carpet by a government who is
> claiming to help us.
>
> "Please show your support for Vestas workers as we try to take our
> concerns all the way to Number 10."/
>
>
>
> The Island, as we know, hangs in a fragile balance, and with the closure
> of the Vestas wind turbine plant in Newport we will take another step
> closer to the edge.
>
> For as yet another company succumbs to the recession, 600 workers are
> soon to find themselves unemployed.
>
> What they need is the support they deserve:
>
> · * SUPPORT THE WORKERS:* Help stop the Island's rising
> unemployment rate and let these workers and others keep their jobs.
>
> · * SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES: *Help the workers provide for those
> who still depend on Vestas.
>
> · * SUPPORT THE ECONOMY:* Help keep one of the Island's largest
> employers and prevent the effect it would have on smaller businesses
> through its closure.
>
> · *SUPPORT THE ENVIRONMENT:* Vestas provides a clean 'green'
> energy source. Don't deny the world Vestas' climate saving product.
>
> It may seem small, but your support is greatly needed. This would not
> just aid us locally, but on a global scale.
>
> *SAVE VESTAS, SAVE THE ISLAND, SAVE THE WORLD*
>
> [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>/
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