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Workplace and TU campaigns / Visteon
10 December 2008
Militant response needed at ex-Visteon plant to save jobs
Workers at the ex-Visteon plant in Swansea are reeling at the shock announcement that the new owners, Canadian company Linamar, are 'offering' 200 voluntary redundancies to the workforce. Unite convenor Rob Williams spoke to Alec Thraves (in a personal capacity).
16 July 2008
Visteon takeover: Workers' determination defends conditions
The sale of the Visteon car components plant in Swansea to Canadian company Linamar on 8 July marks the end of a chapter of heroic struggle by the workforce in defence of their jobs, terms and conditions and pensions, writes Alec Thraves, Swansea.
2 July 2008
Workers in Visteon have accepted a 5% pay rise, after balloting for strike action. Rob Williams, the Unite convenor at Visteon Swansea, spoke to The Socialist in a personal capacity...
4 March 2008
Socialist Party member stands for Unite (T&G) general executive
Rob Williams, a Socialist Party member and the convenor at the Visteon car plant in Swansea, is standing for election to the general executive council of Unite (T&G)....
17 January 2008
Feature: Building the shop stewards' movement
One of the themes of the Socialist Party's Socialism2007 weekend last November was the development of the shop stewards' movement... By Alison Hill, industrial editor of the socialist
14 November 2007
Why you should read, write for and sell the socialist
Fighting for the low-paid: The successful strike action of Unison Whipps Cross Hospital domestics, porters and switchboard staff against contractor Initial Hospital Services last year was a magnificent example of how determination and unity in action c... By Len Hockey, Joint Branch Secretary, Whipps Cross Hospital Unison (personal capacity)
6 September 2007
Swansea: Visteon strike threat brings concessions
AS WE go to press, workers in the Swansea Visteon plant are voting on a company offer to settle their long-running dispute... By a Visteon steward
26 July 2007
Visteon workers continue fight for jobs
Visteon workers in Swansea are involved in a bitter dispute with management that spilled over into two stoppages last week, one of them for 24 hours. ...
19 July 2007
WORKERS AT the Visteon plant in Swansea walked out on 17 July. Visteon is the parts organisation hived off by Ford....
28 June 2007
National Shop Stewards network: Rank and file getting organised
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