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As Britain heads deeper into recession and unemployment rises, this WORLDbytes report is a timely example of a group of workers at a car-parts manufacturing company who decided to take matters into their own hands and not accept a derisory redundancy deal. WORLDbytes reporter Luke Gittos interviews workers and supporters directly after they leave the occupation at the Visteon plant in Enfield. The report captures the mood at the time: a great uncertainty about what the future holds, yet a demonstration of the hope and defiance that ultimately led Visteon bosses to meet their demands. As Paul Walker, a young father who worked at the plant for 21 years, explains: “We’re here for justice. We’re here for ourselves. We were all there for each other and we kept each other strong. I think something good will come out of all this.”
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worldwri...
6 months ago 0 + -My goodness.....
Is this true.... they got 10 times more redundency than they had been origionally been offered? Is that really enough? Whats happening with the pensions?
doddycaz
5 months ago 0 + -A great news report. I was disgusted at the treatment of the Visteon workers and was impressed with their solidarity and balls to fight for their rights
The fact that Joe Public were there in support too, was fantastic.
Yeah, the workers ended up with 10 times more than originally offered (which is great), but what about their pensions? The older workers are gonna need it cos they'll be lucky to find work.
imlovinit
5 months ago 0 + -Ten times more is always worth fighting for
Zett
2 months ago 0 + -Visteon workers made a use of their right to protest, not cowering in front of the company they have been employed for long. It is great that they got 10 times what they were originally offered but it can't take the bitter taste of this whole thing away. The taste the workers are going to have on their tongue for a long time. The taste that will reappear once the workers are old and in need of a pension.
I find it questionable that the company didn't guarantee the pension it had promised even if it was in better times. That money should have been saved up, not used for anything but the workers- for whom it was designated.
bolitrioki
2 months ago 0 + -Trying to be possitive about this whole thing and knowing that it's not enough because people have families, mortgages, an age, dreams.... the good thing about all this "battle" is that the workers were fighting to defend their rights. And they won, and they got 10 more times than the money which had been offered...
Enough??
It's never enough. But it is the way.