Visteon Workers Eviction in Enfield

Visteon workers in Enfield, having been threatened with mass arrest by a court order, agree to leave peacefully under the recommendation of the union on April 9, 2009. Some workers feel that ending the occupation is a mistake, despite an agreement by the Visteon management to enter into negotiations.

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[jesseoldershaw]

whether or not they should have given up the occupation, I wonder about role of their full-time union officials in this. Notice the language of the officials' speeches, starting around 1:35. Were they trying to scare the occupiers out of changing their minds and perhaps remaining in occupation? One even refers to the lethal police attack on Ian Tomlinson at the london G20 protests several days prior. There was serious dissenting opinion coming from the workers.

[joeyaboyye]

meeting today (wednesday) still no better off, joe visteon belfast

[iamtheender]

FUCK CAPITALIST PIGS.

Visteon workers, i support you 100%

its a shame you were forced out. damn them@

[info4dmasses]

Another great video IMT.

It's important to remind ourselves that if workers never broke the law then we would never have gained the right to vote, or trade unions.

[Congest]

It was a mistake to end the occupation of the building. Visteon now has the upper hand. And I wouldn't trust the bureaucrats running the union to defend the interests of the workers.