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Wednesday 12 August 2009 8:00 pm  |  Updated:  Saturday 01 June 2019 5:14 am

Vestas workers lose battle

By: admindrupal

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Danish wind turbine maker Vestas confirmed yesterday that it will cease production at its blade factory on the Isle of Wight and in Southampton, leaving 425 employees jobless. The closures follow a sit-in protest by 11 employees which began on 20 July and ended on 7 August after the company obtained a repossession order and sent in bailiffs to remove the protesters.

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