Tories Refuse To Support Twinings Workers
January 17, 2010 9:32 AM
Test Valley's conservative councillors have rejected calls to back Twinings workers in their battle to save jobs in Andover. At Thursday's council meeting they voted unanimously against a motion calling for them and the two local MPs to back the campaigners.
The motion proposed by Andover councillors Len Gates and Rod Bailey called on Test Valley's MPs to support a parliamentary motion calling on Twinings to reverse their decision on redundancies and maintain full production at Andover.
In a sometimes angry debate, successive conservatives claimed it was not their responsibility to intervene and refused to back the workers calls for a review of the proposals. Instead they committed themselves to the company's proposals and pledged the council to help find alternative work for those employees discarded by Twinings.
Speaking after the debate Cllr Gates said "I am disappointed the conservative group, like their MP, have chosen to ignore these calls for help. It raises doubts about their commitment to protecting jobs and securing real economic growth in Andover."
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