02-12-2009 17:23
Every year, poor impoverished policemen and women, even senior police officers, find that their £30 to £50k salaries are just not enough to clothe and feed they're starving families. Many are driven to shoplifting - and caught on film - while often not prosecuted, in fact many manage to keep there jobs - especially the senior ones, however, they do face a severe ticking off.
Christmas Appeal - Spare some coppers for a Copper
Every year, poor impoverished policemen and women, even senior police officers, find that their £30 to £50k salaries are just not enough to clothe and feed they're starving families. Many are driven to shoplifting - and caught on film - while often not prosecuted, in fact many manage to keep there jobs - especially the senior ones, however, they do face a severe ticking off.
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28-11-2009 11:45
After a court ruling on Tuesday granting a possesssion order to Hanslips (seemingly entirely at the behest of Vestas), the bailiffs arrived yesterday Friday 27th at 11:00am, demanding everything be moved from the camp by noon. This despite the Judge's ruling that the landowner negotiate a time for leaving the roundabout with the occupiers, and the roundbouters attempts to negotiate such a time being frustrated.
Vestas solidarity 'Magic Roundabout' Climate Camp evicted
After a court ruling on Tuesday granting a possesssion order to Hanslips (seemingly entirely at the behest of Vestas), the bailiffs arrived yesterday Friday 27th at 11:00am, demanding everything be moved from the camp by noon. This despite the Judge's ruling that the landowner negotiate a time for leaving the roundabout with the occupiers, and the roundbouters attempts to negotiate such a time being frustrated.
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24-11-2009 11:14
The people remaining on the ‘Magic Roundabout’ protest camp down on the Isle of Wight outside the now closed Vestas factory have been officially handed their eviction order by the land owner (Hanslips?), and the court hearing is today Tuesday 24 November.
If people want to get in touch with the Roundabouters, please email
savevestas@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to get your message to them.
Legal Threat to the Vestas Campaign 'Magic Roundabout' Camp:
The people remaining on the ‘Magic Roundabout’ protest camp down on the Isle of Wight outside the now closed Vestas factory have been officially handed their eviction order by the land owner (Hanslips?), and the court hearing is today Tuesday 24 November. If people want to get in touch with the Roundabouters, please email
savevestas@gmail.com and we’ll do our best to get your message to them. [Full Story ]
20-11-2009 08:31
Vestas Event tomorrow (sat): Push the Green Button-the Revolution is ON!
The Vestas Occupation and continuing campaign caught the imagination of many labour and environmental activists. With Copenhagen coming up, the campaign is bringing together it's disparate elements... Gather in St James Square, Newport, Isle of Wight with friends, colleagues & family. Meet like-minds, swap ideas, and forge new connections for the challenges ahead. At 12 noon ex-Vestas workers who occupied their factory in July, lead the countdown and PUSH THE GREEN BUTTON as we declare the REVOLUTION... ON![Full Story ]
10-11-2009 16:32
Brighton Refuse Workers Suspend Industrial Action To Allow Further Negotiations
Negotiations have moved in the right direction which means negotiators were able to put the revised offer to the members who agreed to suspend action for 21 days[Full Story | 1 comment ]
10-11-2009 08:32
Following the commencement of industrial action by Cityclean refuse workers and street sweepers in Brighton the Council has made a new offer to end the dispute.
Brighton Cityclean workers to consider new offer to resolve dispute
Following the commencement of industrial action by Cityclean refuse workers and street sweepers in Brighton the Council has made a new offer to end the dispute.
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06-11-2009 13:50
GMB BRIGHTON REFUSE STRIKE IS ON
THE GMB HAS CONFIRMED THAT THE BRIGHTON REFUSE STRIKE WILL START FROM 6AM ON MONDAY AT UPPER HOLLINGDEAN ROAD, BRIGHTON, BN1 7GA.[Full Story ]
12-10-2009 17:05
Vestas Wind shares decline 10/10/2009
Shares of Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest maker of wind turbines with facilities in Colorado, dropped to the lowest since April in Copenhagen after Svenska Handelsbanken AB cut its recommendation to "reduce" from "accumulate."[Full Story | 2 comments ]
09-10-2009 18:34
Green Leader – “I didn’t think it would be so much fun!” Vestas campaigners held a working lunch with Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP, at the Magic Roundabout in Newport, Isle of Wight today. Photograph courtesy of Skygig.
Will to Win- Vestas Update - Caroline Lucas meets workers. winds of change!
Green Leader – “I didn’t think it would be so much fun!” Vestas campaigners held a working lunch with Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP, at the Magic Roundabout in Newport, Isle of Wight today. Photograph courtesy of Skygig.
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07-10-2009 14:01
Vestas Camp update: Green Leader to take Vestas Fight to Europe
Green Party Leader, the Isle of Wight’s Green MEP, and prospective parliamentary candidate for Brighton Pavilion, Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP is to visit the Vestas Wind Turbine Blade factory on the IOW on Friday (9TH October). From 11.30 am – 1.30 pm she will be present at the ‘Magic Roundabout’ Solidarity/Protest Camp, St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, IOW. Dr Lucas has arranged to share lunch with the workers and their supporters, to listen and learn more about how she can help the campaign(1). (PHOTO OPPORTUNITY)[Full Story | 1 addition ]
06-10-2009 11:48
'Failure is not an option' for Vestas. It ain't for us either.
'Failure is not an option' for Vestas, according to their Business Strategy. It's not an option for the campaign to save the Newport, Isle of Wight factory either. We have the 'Will to win' that Vestas' CEO claims Vestas' have. The factory will reopen. Wind Turbine Blades will be produced in the UK, for the UK. Workers will be unionised. You never know, the factory might even be a workers' coop.[Full Story ]
05-10-2009 19:26
Conservatives Cuts Plan In Chaos As Brighton And Hove Opposition Parties Agree To Support the Workers
The Conservative controlled administration in Brighton is today under threat as opposition councillors in the Labour, Green and Liberal Democrat Groups have stated that they do not support cuts to the wages of council workers.[Full Story | 1 comment ]
05-10-2009 09:44
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=VWS.CO
Investors in Vestas? Sell your shares...
Vestas claim they are 'Number 1. in Modern Energy', and indeed are responsible for developing and installing much of the world's wind/renewable energy. However, they've shown their true colours (not so 'green' after all) this summer - through closing their St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight factory, leading to the loss of 600 jobs. Unions were banned & working conditions deteriorating prior to closure, & 11 workers who occupied the factory to save it have been paid no redundancy. There will be a long-term campaign as a result. Will it effect Vestas Share Price? Watch This Space: http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/q?s=VWS.CO
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02-10-2009 12:14
Vestas Management promote Community Control
Leafing through company reports is usually a thankless and dull task. No so with Vestas - all sorts of fascinating opinion. Here's to a community buy out of the St. Corss Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight factory by ex-workers, locals, Climate Campers, Bicycologists, Climate Rushers, Workers Liberty, SWP & SP, Green Party, with financial support from Ecotricity and others shall we?[Full Story ]
02-10-2009 09:17
Since the removal of the 'Marine Gate' 'Blade Blockade', and the Turbine Blades that remained in the Vestas Blades UK factory on St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, campaigners have been sorting out the original 'Magic Roundabout' Camp, and considering strategy. A Marquee has been erected and a fair amount of furniture skipped / built to make the area comfortable and well-resourced in terms of power (80-odd watts of solar power for phone and laptop charging), a solar shower, and spare tents for visitors.
Vestas Workers Solidarity Camp - Photos
Since the removal of the 'Marine Gate' 'Blade Blockade', and the Turbine Blades that remained in the Vestas Blades UK factory on St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, campaigners have been sorting out the original 'Magic Roundabout' Camp, and considering strategy. A Marquee has been erected and a fair amount of furniture skipped / built to make the area comfortable and well-resourced in terms of power (80-odd watts of solar power for phone and laptop charging), a solar shower, and spare tents for visitors.
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01-10-2009 10:07
Lambeth UNISON Gives Green Light To Environment Reps
The Lambeth Branch of UNISON - the second largest trade union in the UK - has voted to establish environmental reps in workplaces across the Borough. At a meeting of the Lambeth Branch Committee on 15th September, Branch activists agreed to encourage Lambeth UNISON members to elect environmental representatives within their places of work.[Full Story ]
27-09-2009 20:50
There has been a camp outside the Vestas factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, since at least the beginning of the Occupation of the factory on 20th July this year. The camp has a well established kitchen run by volunteers who serve quality vegan evening meals 'Roundabout 8', with lunch and breakfast also provided and sometimes cooked too. Those who occupied the factory are often present, together with climate campers and those from assorted lefty groups and unions. Get down there and join 'em! ...and take some cake with ya!
Get down to Vestas - Occupy, Camp, Resist, Cook, Produce!
There has been a camp outside the Vestas factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight, since at least the beginning of the Occupation of the factory on 20th July this year. The camp has a well established kitchen run by volunteers who serve quality vegan evening meals 'Roundabout 8', with lunch and breakfast also provided and sometimes cooked too. Those who occupied the factory are often present, together with climate campers and those from assorted lefty groups and unions. Get down there and join 'em! ...and take some cake with ya!
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27-09-2009 17:02
While Labour began its Party conference, Brighton seafront hosted thousands of people calling for ‘Jobs, Education and Peace’.
Jobs, Education, Peace: Protest at Labour Party Conference
While Labour began its Party conference, Brighton seafront hosted thousands of people calling for ‘Jobs, Education and Peace’.
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27-09-2009 16:12
The security firm employed by Vestas to 'protect' 'their' factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight has been kept secret by both companies. It seems to employ a large number of ex-military types, who have apparently done tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. There were a few scots to begin with, now there's a fair few geordies and one Northern Irish , plus miscellaneous others. More pics when we can...
Has anyone seen this lad before - Vestas Security...
The security firm employed by Vestas to 'protect' 'their' factory on the St. Cross Business Park, Dodnor Lane, Newport, Isle of Wight has been kept secret by both companies. It seems to employ a large number of ex-military types, who have apparently done tours in Iraq, Afghanistan and Bosnia. There were a few scots to begin with, now there's a fair few geordies and one Northern Irish , plus miscellaneous others. More pics when we can...
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26-09-2009 21:21
Contact details for Protest against Honduras embassies & CEOs responsible for organising the continuing terrorist coup, that was mainly done to stop a very basic minimal wage for the majority of Hondurans who live in dire poverty
Support UN calls for international intervention against Gorilletis the banana thieves
Go Bananas @ Chiquita fruit CEOs, organisers of Honduran terrorist coup
GET FAIRTRADE & FRUITY for democracy NOW!Contact details for Protest against Honduras embassies & CEOs responsible for organising the continuing terrorist coup, that was mainly done to stop a very basic minimal wage for the majority of Hondurans who live in dire poverty
Support UN calls for international intervention against Gorilletis the banana thieves
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