'WOMEN'S jobs are as important as any other, and we aim to prove that women can fight for them' is the message of the 250 workers ccupying the VF Scotland.
The workers, mainly been occupying the plant -jeans — for five weeks. They are protesting at the management's decision to close the plant and transfer production to its two factories in Ireland. The occupiers are demanding that no should be sacked and that the work should be THE decision to occupy was unanimous meeting.
There was nothing left to do if we were to keep the jobs in Greenock. don't want to take jobs off just want the work to be shared.
At the moment the support is fantastic. occupy factory shifts. There are usualv between 50 and 60 in each shift. Most of the time we watch the TV or play cards.
Sometimes acts from Ineoca cos come up to perform at the sit-in.
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We've got the full backing of union, the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, and it will be made official. The Scottish TUC have also met Corporation plant in Greenock, young women, have which makes Lee workers Catherine Fulton, shop steward at the plant, us and they've promised everything they At the moment need around £1500 a WC week to keep the occupaLUll going. We've JuSt started going out to other places like Edinburgh ana Dundee io win support. If we get enough support we can hold out till we're grey-headed.
The management are still in some parts of the building. About ten of their three shifts as well. They hope they can sit us out.
This factory is only nine vears old and some of the equipment has just been installed. We've go flm worth of stock for the Scandinavian spring collection so the owners will be trying something pretty soon.
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shared out among all the factories. told Socialist Challenge about the struggle.