Unfortunately Roger's rose-tinted glasses haven't allowed him to see these euro realities and he has, along with his
AEEU leadership colleagues, convinced himself that all of Britain's ills will be sorted out by signing away our democratic rights and national control over our economy.
Sir Ken Jackson, general secretary of Amicus -
AEEU, said, "We believe that the Corus workforce should get a proper reward for all the hard slog they have put into keeping steel production going through hard times."
On Friday we rang the
AEEU's office in the Borg Warner plant and spoke to branch convenor Keith Scourfield, who said: "Rhys Williams is my branch secretary."
AEEU national officer John Quigley said: "This is a great loss to our union and a great loss to the wider Labour and trade union movement."
Solicitors for the unions - the Amalgamated Engineering & Electrical Union (
AEEU), Transport & General Workers' Union (TGWU) and Manufacturing Science Finance (MSF) - will be claiming the workers were unfairly selected for redundancy and that there was a breach of contract.
I WAS sad to read that
AEEU General Secretary Sir Ken Jackson claims Britain will have no car industry at all within 10 years unless things change.
RICHARD OWEN'S brace helped Llanfairpwll to victory in extra time at Machno United in the
AEEU Inter-LeagueCup first round.
R J JAMES Regional secretary,
AEEU, St James Crescent, Swansea.
Danny Carrigan, Scottish regional secretary of the
AEEU, demanded compensation similar to the estimated pounds 1 billion made available for farmers.
Today's summit in Caerphilly was being attended by Caerphilly MP Wayne David, Pontypridd MP Kim Howells, Don Touhig, MP for Islwyn, Rhondda MP Chris Bryan, Pontypridd AM Jane Davidson, Ron Davies, AM for Caerphilly, and representatives from the
AEEU and MSF unions.
Ted Gilbertson, regional union officer for the
AEEU, said: "The agreement realises our members' aspirations and provides for a stable future at Ellesmere Port."
But the company said it had agreed to follow the statutory process on whether its employees wanted the firm to recognise the
AEEU for collective bargaining purposes.