Geenpeace and Landrover

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What the fuck are greenpeace playing at?
From the TGWU website.
 
Land Rover action will hit wrong target
16 May 2005



The Transport and General Workers' Union said today it is opposed to the direct action being taken against Land Rover production at its Solihull plant, warning that the protests could be harmful to jobs. The Union also criticised Greenpeace for the timing of the action, coming so soon to the West Midlands after the collapse of MG Rover.

Gerard Coyne, T&G Regional Secretary, said:

"Greenpeace's actions are insensitive and potentially dangerous. They ought to think through the consequences of hitting production at a difficult time for the industry and for the people of the West Midlands, who only recently have seen the closures at Jaguar's Browns Lane plant and mass redundancies at MG Rover.

"We condemn this action. Progress towards better environmental efficiency will be achieved by persuading governments across the world and consumers, not by threatening the livelihoods of Land Rover workers.

"If Greenpeace believe, as the T&G does, in the future of world-class environmentally friendly engine and vehicle production in the UK, then they should seek to meaningfully engage with trade unions and companies. They should be clear however that the T&G will take every necessary step to oppose blocking car production in a way that could jeopardise our members' job security."

ENDS

For further information please contact the T&G Press Office on 020 7611 2549

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Little bit of background.

15 arrested in Land Rover protest  
 
Greenpeace's protest is misleading, says Land Rover
A protest that disrupted production at a Land Rover factory in the West Midlands has ended with the arrest of 15 Greenpeace activists.
Some 30 members of the environmental action group breached security at the plant in Solihull on Monday morning.

Greenpeace said the action was in protest at what it claims are the "climate-wrecking" emissions from Range Rovers, Land Rover's premium model.

Land Rover said only a "small part" of the plant had been affected.

The protest came to an end at 1500 GMT after campaigners who had handcuffed themselves to unfinished vehicles on an assembly line at the factory were cut free by police.

West Midlands police said on Monday evening that they were questioning 15 people in relation to the incident.

A number of senior Greenpeace members are understood to have been among those arrested.

"We have arrested some men and women on suspicion of aggravated trespass," a police spokesman told the Press Association.

Environmental argument

"The action taken by Greenpeace... is both regrettable and damaging - Land Rover is a leading British business and exports over 70% of its production, and contributes significantly to the country's wealth creation," a company spokesman said.

He said Land Rover, which is owned by US giant Ford, employed 11,000 staff and supported another 50,000 jobs in the supply chain.

According to a Greenpeace statement, its members "used safety shut-down buttons to cut off power to the assembly line" before chaining themselves to the production line at 0600 GMT on Monday.

Greenpeace said that although "climate change is the greatest threat the planet is facing" Land Rover "continues to make gas-guzzling vehicles, most of which will tackle nothing steeper than a speed bump".

'Misleading'

"Making cars like this for urban use is crazy when 150,000 people are dying every year from climate change," said Greenpeace's Ben Stewart.

"Range Rover do less miles to the gallon than the model T Ford."

However, Land Rover said it took its responsibilities to the environment "very seriously".

"We find many of the claims made by Greenpeace both misleading and inaccurate," the Land Rover spokesman said.

He said most of the factory was "generally running as normal", with one production line affected.

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These idiots have always been reactionary. They havent done anything progressive in their lives. And why should they? Their program is a return to primitive tribalism in "harmony with nature"!!

Fun fact: Some of the most powerful ecologists in history were - Heinrich Himmler and Rudolf Hess! The German Green Party is founded on theories that can be traced back to them.