WHAT 400 yellow hard hats, each
representing a job lost at Grangemouth, will be laid out near the
door of Scottish Labour conference, for a great symbolic
declaration, by Unite, about Grangemouth.
If the supply chain jobs at risk were included in the protest we
would need 1000s of hard hats.
WHERE The precincts of the Scottish
Exhibition Centre (SEC), Exhibition Way Glasgow G3 8YW
WHEN 10.30am Friday 21st February
WHO At 10.45/11.00am Sharon Graham
will address the rally at the SEC.
Unite General Secretary, Sharon Graham, will tell the rally that
the Labour and Scottish governments have failed the workers at
Grangemouth refinery.
Even the new £25m Just Transition fund announced this week by
comes with questions. The
biggest being it accepts closure, as a starting point.
Sharon Graham will say : “The Labour Government,
these Labour politicians, and the Scottish government are on the
verge of colluding in a catastrophe.
"Last week told us sorry “Labour hadn't
done enough for Grangemouth”. Now, this week, announces a Transition fund
which accepts closure. You might as well call it the Post Closure
Fund. If Grangemouth goes these Labour and SNP politicians
will never be forgiven, or
forgotten”.
Unite has prepared its own detailed
plan for Grangemouth, produced with independent
experts. It shows that the ‘green' aviation fuel - Sustainable
Aviation Fuel (SAF) - of the future could be delivered by a
Grangemouth refinery converted to deliver that. Grangemouth
could be saved as a champion for SAF - a bio-hub for
Britain. Sharon Graham says “Let's be clear
only the British government has the real power to deliver the
£1bn needed to convert the Grangemouth refinery, to a green
energy producer. What is a Labour government for if it isn't to
save jobs? If they can't save 400 jobs what does that say about
what they'll do in the future?
