Harlow
TUC Public Meeting
Vauxhall Luton and the Future of British Manufacturing
Friday
9 March
8
p.m.
Harlow Town Hall Council Chamber
Speakers
·
Bill
Rammell MP
·
Richard
Howett MEP
·
Speakers
from Vauxhall Luton T&G Shop Stewards’ Committee
·
Steve
Hart, Senior Regional Industrial Organiser (Manufacturing) T&G
British manufacturing industry is collapsing.
In just one year, 106,000 people have been made redundant, whilst those
who still have a job are working harder for less.
Vauxhall’s Luton plant is now under threat.
Closure would mean the loss of 2,000 jobs, and an estimated 20,000
further people could find themselves out of work as a result.
However, the Transport and General Workers’ Union, the biggest union in
Vauxhall, is committed to fighting the closure.
Manufacturing is vital to a healthy economy.
It creates jobs in transport, energy supply, catering, cleaning, commerce
and communications. It provides customers for shops, financial services
companies, estate agents and the service industries generally. And it creates the wealth necessary to sustain our health,
education, welfare and other public services.
Harlow has lost much of its manufacturing base.
Recent job losses announced at Nortel show the trend continuing. Come and hear
what we can do to halt and reverse this trend.
This meeting will hear from Harlow’s MP Bill
Rammell, the region's Euro MP Richard Howett, and from Steve Hart of the T&G
on the need to protect manufacturing industry.
Speakers from the Luton plant will also give an update on the campaign to
save Vauxhall jobs.
For further
details contact:
Brian Bostock Secretary Harlow TUC 01279 433764
or Click here for Harlow TUC WebSite
Peggy Prior Chair Harlow T&G Community Branch 01279 639850
Terry Brandon Secretary T&G Community Branch 01279 305750