Deputy Prime Minister Jaguar Photocall

LONDON, September 27 -- Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott will be giving his support to the Jaguar Browns Lane workers today, by being photographed together with them and his Jaguar car.

Britain's most famous Jaguar driver will appear with Tony Woodley, General Secretary of T&G and Derek Simpson, General Secretary of Amicus to back the campaign for British Jaguar jobs.

1,150 job Jaguar job losses were announced by Ford on 17th September which unions believe will result in the effective closure of two Jaguar plants in the West Midlands.

Ford' decision was made without any consultation with employees or trade unions and is in breach of their own agreement to keep Brown Lane as the centre for Jaguar production in the UK.

    
    Date: Monday 27th September 2004
    Time: 10.15 am
    Venue: Madeira Drive (just past the Pierhead) Brighton

Amicus and the T&G have had a joint emergency resolution to the Labour Party Conference accepted today. The unions are urging the government, MPs, MEPs and local councillors to work with them to demand that Ford honours its' agreements to Browns Lane and considers alternative options to the effective closure of the site.