Comments on: Wind turbine worker strike offers important lesson about solidarity

By: Climate Camp fueds with media / Waging Nonviolence

Climate Camp fueds with media / Waging Nonviolence — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:00:40 +0000

[...] A great example of activists taking advantage of this sort of situation came last year during the Vestas wind-turbine manufacturers sit-in on the Isle of Wight. While Vestas management refused to talk to the media, the workers conducted [...]

By: Vestas workers commemorate last year’s occupation / Waging Nonviolence

Vestas workers commemorate last year’s occupation / Waging Nonviolence — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:31:50 +0000

[...] of the Vestas wind turbine manufacturing plant on the Isle of Wight gathered last month outside the building they occupied for 19 days last summer to mark the one year anniversary of their struggle. The Save Vestas Jobs! blog described the [...]

By: Bryan Farrell » A more creative way to protest

Bryan Farrell » A more creative way to protest — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:45:08 +0000

[...] the Vestas wind-turbine manufacturing plant on the Isle of Wight, threatened with layoffs, staged an 18-day occupation to save their jobs that would likely not have been possible without all the cross-issue solidarity [...]