RMT to provide legal assistance to Vestas workers as union demands urgent meetings with Ed Milliband and company bosses to save the factory
OFFSHORE ENERGY UNION RMT today confirmed that it will be providing legal assistance to the workers involved in the Vestas turbine factory occupation on the Isle of Wight at a possession hearing scheduled for next Wedenesday (29 July).
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RMT to provide legal assistance to Vestas workers as union demands urgent meetings with Ed Milliband and company bosses to save the factory
OFFSHORE ENERGY UNION RMT today confirmed that it will be providing legal assistance to the workers involved in the Vestas turbine factory occupation on the Isle of Wight at a possession hearing scheduled for next Wedenesday (29 July).
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