What we're fighting for

• Vestas Blades UK made production workers at their factories on the Isle of Wight redundant on 12 August 2009. More than 500 jobs were lost. Many more jobs that depend on Vestas will follow. This makes no sense from a green or a labour perspective!
• At the same time, the government announced a major expansion of renewable energy including wind power. We are calling on the government to intervene to save jobs at companies like Vestas - through nationalisation if that is what it takes - to show that it is serious about saving the planet.

What you can do

• Hardship fund for sacked and redundant Vestas workers Send a donation from your trade union or other organisation, or make a personal donation. Cheques payable to RMT IOW 2 Vestas hardship & defence fund, and send to Keith Murphy, 57 Well Street, Ryde, IOW PO33 2RY.

• Birmingham - Alistair alistair_wingate@yahoo.co.uk / 07846 490408

• Brighton - John brightonvestassupporters@googlemail.com / 07845 183407

• Leeds - Dan leeds.vestas.solidarity@googlemail.com

• Liverpool and Merseyside - Daren Ireland nwestnwalesrc@rmt.org.uk / 07787 128498

• London (Central and North) - savevestas@gmail.com

• London (South) - Nadine Houghton, Battersea and Wandsworth trades council nadine@bwtuc.org.uk / 07946 172461

• Manchester - Hugh manc_sfe@yahoo.co.uk

• Medway Towns (Kent) - Tipping Point, 46 High Street, Gillingham, ME7 1AZ tippingpointmedway@gmail.com

• Newcastle - Ed Whitby ed.whitby@workersliberty.org

• Oxford - Kate Douglas kate.douglas@talktalk.net