Protest at Virgin Media Liverpool
16th November 2011
For immediate release
Protest at Virgin Media Liverpool
Merseyside politicians will join workers at Virgin Media's
Albert Dock site on Friday 18th
November to protest at the company's decision to leave
Liverpool meaning the loss of 435 local jobs.
CWU general secretary Billy Hayes - a Liverpudlian himself -
will join a group of workers to leaflet the public, get signatures
on a petition and display banners with the message 'Virgin
Media don't be cruel, keep our jobs in Liverpool'.
From 12noon to 4:30pm MPs - including Luciana Berger, Steve
Rotheram and Alison McGovern - and local Councillors (confirmed
include Brian Kenny, Nick Small and Tim Moore) will be leafleting
the Albert Dock along with workers and CWU reps. Either side of the
shift changeover at 4pm there will be photo opportunities with
Virgin media workers.
Billy Hayes, CWU general secretary, said:
"Friday is about a big public display to show how much these
jobs mean to people in Liverpool. Over a thousand people have
signed our petition already and politicians from across the area
are standing up in support of these workers.
"We want Virgin Media to commit to keeping jobs in
Liverpool. Closing the Albert Dock site doesn't have to mean
the loss of jobs from the area - there are alternatives to keep
these jobs in Merseyside and that's what we want the company to
look at. Ahead of Christmas any good news on jobs is what these
workers are wishing for."
Photo opportunity: 3:45 - 4:15pm Atlantic Pavilion,
Albert Dock, Liverpool
Workers in campaign T-shirts, MPs, councillors,
banners
Sign the petition here: www.petitiononline.co.uk/petition/stop-the-closure-of-virgin-media-liverpool-site/3781
Virgin Media is set to close the Albert Dock site by February 2012 and move the work to sites in Swansea and Manchester making it almost impossible for local staff to transfer.
CWU represents workers across Virgin Media.
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For more information please contact:
Sian Jones, Press Officer, tel: 020 8971 7267, mobile: 0779 3314249, e-mail: sbjones@cwu.org
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