Unite urge local people to back campaign to 'Keep Rolls-Royce Pride on Merseyside'

23 November 2007

Unite, the UK’s largest union, is calling on people to join their campaign to fight the closure of Rolls-Royce in Bootle.

Unite members at Rolls-Royce are fighting to save their jobs after the company announced plans to close its Bootle plant last month.

Workers from the site in Bootle are encouraging the public to sign their petition.  The petition calls on trade unionists, government and MPs to sign up to the campaign to stop the closure of Rolls-Royce on Merseyside.

The plant employs 212 skilled workers who manufacture turbines for the oil and gas industries.

Unite will lobby the government and MPs at Westminster in December.

The petition is available here