Jake Berry, Conservative Parliamentary Candidate for Rossendale and Darwen joined Akzo Nobel workers at a protest outside Darwen Town Hall over the proposed job cuts.
Earlier this month, bosses of the Dutch firm announced that 109 jobs were to go at the Crown House, Hollins Road, site which employees 600 and that production of its industrial paints division was being moved abroad.
Jake Berry commented “I was pleased to be the one of the first names on the petition and to show that although the Conservative Party and Trade Unions may seem unlikely bedfellows, that this is not a time for political arguments. The loss of over a hundred jobs is a serious blow to Darwen and we need to look at ways to support these workers”
“I was shown a copy of a letter sent to workers on the 17th of January 2008, promising that there would be no change in working conditions. So I can fully understand the frustrations of the staff when they heard just weeks later about these job cuts.”
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