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Visteon Occupation - A fight for justice

06-04-2009 02:10

Video
Interviews with Enfield workers April 4 2009

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Inside the Visteon occupation.

05-04-2009 16:01

One the roof.
These pics were shot a few days ago.

The workers at Visteon are a truly courageous bunch of people whom have never done anything like this before so they deserve EVERYONES support. They were sacked at six minutes notice. The night shift were sacked by phone. Please raise money or take them some food and drink.

The address is easy to find the nearest station is rectory road.

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Visteon Occupation News and Website.

05-04-2009 11:35

A website for the Visteon occupations (www.visteonoccupation.org) is now up and running. The dispute continues and the support and organisation behind the worker's action is gathering pace.

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Enfield Occupation Supporters - Dates for your Diary

04-04-2009 20:34

For supporters of the Enfield Occupations - Important dates for your diary in the coming week.

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Enfield Eviction and Media Centre

04-04-2009 16:42

The Visteon workers are taking steps to ensure their struggle reaches a wider audience - to build the support and solidarity they need.

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Marchers in Rome protest Italian - 2.7 MILLION AT CIRCO MASSIMO

04-04-2009 13:05

Circo Massimo
Rome - Tens of thousands of people gathered in Rome Saturday to protest what they say is the inadequate response to the country's economic woes by Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi's government.

Demonstrators set off through the city's streets on five separate marches organized by the country' largest labour union confederation, CGIL.

Participants included several political leaders including Dario Franceschini who heads the main centre-left opposition Democratic Party.

Italy's economy, Europe's fourth-largest, could contract by 4.3 per cent this year as exports are hit by the global economic downturn, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said this week.

Unemployment in Italy in the fourth quarter of 2008 rose to its highest level for over two years as the economic recession began to take a heavy toll on the labour market, according to data issued this week.

The seasonally-adjusted jobless rate rose to 6.9 percent from 6.7 percent in the previous three months, reaching its highest level since the second quarter of 2006, but analysts said the worst was still to come.

Some 1.73 million people are estimated to be out of out of work in Italy. (dpa)

 http://roma.repubblica.it/multimedia/home/5403389

 http://video.unita.it/?video=848

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Over 150 people have turned up to Support the Occupied Factory in Enfield

04-04-2009 10:10

Update 11am: In response to the request for solidarity, over 150 people have already turned up at the occupied factory in Enfield. There are around another 100 people inside the factory composed of workers.

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Solidarity with Enfield factory occupation (photos) !

03-04-2009 22:51

Banner on entrance to industrial estate.
Workers at the Visteon factory on Morston Road in Enfield are occupying their factory after being sacked with no notice on Tuesday without details of any redundancy payments and payment for two days work.

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London: Saturday April 4th - against cops, bosses and fascists

03-04-2009 21:03

Three demos/actions in London - lets get as many people as possible onto the streets/factories as possible - against cops, bosses and fascists!

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Kitchen, urn, banner material, paint needed asap for occupied Visteon factory

03-04-2009 16:30

call for gas fired tea urn and rings for cooking to set up kitchen at factory plus banner materials needed and any other props

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Rally Saturday 4th April for occupying Visteon workers in Enfield

03-04-2009 16:19

Rally at Visteon plant in Enfield Saturday 4th April 11 a.m. please bring food, banners and banner making stuff and noise to support the workers and their families at the factory ..

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URGENT - Help Workers Factory Occupation in Enfield London

03-04-2009 14:49

Please forward this to all your lists IMMEDIATELY

Workers at Visteon factory Enfield London have seized control of the factory following major lay-offs and need help to resist eviction expected very soon.

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G20 post mortem on Left Luggage

03-04-2009 11:49

Socialist strategy site publishes reflections on this week's protests.

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G20 post-mortem

03-04-2009 11:39

Reflections on the protests from socialist strategy site.

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City cleaners on Friday: email and musical protest

02-04-2009 22:46

Musical protest and email campaign today Friday 3 April in support of the 5 Mitie cleaners including Unite shop steward Edwin Pazmino, who were sacked from the Willis Group building in the City of London under the guise of redundancy.

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Support Visteon Factory Occupation in Enfield, London

02-04-2009 15:19

After the recent demos against meeting the G20 and the obvious failure this shindig will have in shoring up capital racked by crisis, it's good to make the connection between other people in struggle and the yesterdays struggle on the streets.

PDF of a leaflet issued in support of the occupiers is included. Please circulate by hand and by lists.

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Watch "Battle in Seattle", see how activists shut down the WTO meetings.

02-04-2009 13:49

"Activists arrive in Seattle, Washington en masse to protest a meeting of the World Trade Organization. Riots and chaos ensue as demonstrators successfully stop the WTO meetings."
 http://www.watch-movies-links.net/movies/battle_in_seattle/

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G20 protests video shows perfect example of police tactics

02-04-2009 12:23

This video report form Al-Jazeera is a great and objective piece, makes a nice change from the other news sources. Perfect example of the police tactics all day yesterday.

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Continuing Conflicts that Create Refugees - March 2009

02-04-2009 05:22

Nine conflict situations around the world deteriorated and two improved in March 2009, according to the new issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch

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Latest pic - eight or more cop trucks turn up at climate camp

01-04-2009 20:01

8 odd cop trucks arrive - flashing lights and sirens