Unite's message to MPs: We will continue the fight for Bombardier
12 October 2011
At a parliamentary lobby today (12 October) Unite will join its
sister unions and vow to keep fighting to save jobs at Bombardier
and to change the government's disastrous decision on
Thameslink.
Britain's biggest union will remind the government that it is
not going away - Unite will not give up the fight to save jobs in
Derby.
The lobby to save Bombardier jobs takes place on Wednesday 12th
October at 12.30pm, Committee Room 10, House of Commons,
London.
Unite assistant general secretary Diana Holland said: "Today's
tragic unemployment figures are evidence enough that the
government's decision to turn its back on Britain's last train
maker was a disaster. Thousands of jobs up and down the country
depend on the government revisiting the Thameslink contract.
"We want to make it absolutely clear to the government that
Unite is not going away. Our union will keep backing Bombardier's
workforce. A great injustice has been done to the people of Derby.
Men and women who have worked at Bombardier for years now face an
uncertain future.
"In Derby constituencies more than four in five of voters
believe a review is possible and they're not buying the
government's line that it is powerless. There is a huge belief that
the government must act. If the Conservatives don't change they are
likely to pay a high electoral price at the next election."
ENDS
Contact: Ciaran Naidoo on 07768 931 315
