Sacked workers to open new wind turbine factory

[demoleft]

Source: afp

AFP - Workers who lost their jobs when an Isle of Wight wind turbine factory closed down plan to open their own turbine plant on the same industrial estate as the former business.

More than 400 workers became redundant when Danish wind power giant Vestas shut its Isle of Wight factory last year, sparking an 18-day sit-in at the factory in Newport.

The new company, Sureblades, will start producing micro wind turbine blades in September and will employ a number of ex-Vestas workers, according to founder Sean McDonagh, who was one of the protest's leaders.
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"It has been hard work but I always knew it was the right thing to do because it was crazy to lose jobs in the renewable energy industry," he said.

Read more: http://www.france24.com/en/20100725-sacked-workers-open-new-wind-turbine-factory

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good luck, you guys.

[MadMaddie]

1. It's small businesses like this that we need in America!

Good luck to them.

[earth mom]

2. Woo Hoo! Great for them! I love stuff like this! People of the USA-pay attention!

:thumbsup:

[Oregone]

3. Great news

[boppers]

4. Vestas *needs* the competition.

Seriously, the whole industry is completely backlogged.

[socialist_n_TN]

5. I wonder where the start up capital came from

Not that it matters if it's a true worker owned concern, but that start up is what kills most of these ideas in the womb. That where government stimulus money SHOULD have been applied here in the USA.

Anyway, good luck to them.

[NashVegas]

8. Perhaps Factory Management Secured Loans

And without gazillions of stock-holders to pay off once per quarter, less overhead.

[Omaha Steve]

6. K&R!

[southmost]

7. good for them

I see many farms popping up here along the Texas coast , next to the closing refineries. Sad thing, though, is that all these parts are being imported from Europe and being offloaded from the shipping docks. Not manufacturing turbines here domestically seems like a lost opportunity for reestablishing local manufacturing jobs. Its not as if Europe is considered cheap labor.