At 7.30pm tonight Vestas workers occupying offices at the wind turbine blade factory in Newport will have been in place for two weeks.
In a show of solidarity for the workers who are protesting against the loss of 525 jobs at the factory, a group of activists staged a demo outside Ed Miliband’s (Secretary of State for Department of Energy and Climate Change) offices in London this morning.
Donning red, black and green clothing to symbolise their diverse political view points, the activists were ‘glued together’ for two hours before paramedics removed them.
The seven were then arrested on suspicion of aggravated trespass.
Sophie Lewis, co-coordinator of the support network, said: “this is not the first time the world has seen an alliance between politically distinct groups under the banner of fighting climate activism. But Save Vestas is a narrative so potent that thousands nationally and internationally are rallying around it. Miliband must show real leadership on this one.”
Molly Grayson, one of the activists glued on, said:
“Closing down the UK’s only wind turbine factory is an act of madness at a time like this. Climate change has to be tackled and in a recession green jobs should be the last to go. This is an issue which is so pressing that ordinary people of all political leanings are prepared to get arrested for it. I’m here today to show up Ed Miliband’s hypocrisy in promising a green revolution but falling flat at the first hurdle.”
Another rally takes place at 6pm tonight outside the Vestas factory in St Cross Business Park, Newport.
