Visteon brought in the accountants KPMG as administrators to push through the closure of its plants.
It is clear that Visteon management were preparing for the closure of the Belfast plant as early as January 2007.
An investigation into the company scams that lie behind the closure of the Visteon plants shines a light on the murky world of multinational companies and outsourcing.
Supporters of capitalism tell us that, no matter how bad the current economic crisis gets, the system cannot be changed.
Visteon’s administrator, KPMG, has continued the contemptuous treatment of the workers.
Workers at the Visteon car components firm have put themselves at the heart of the fightback against job cuts by occupying their factories after they were summarily sacked on Tuesday of last week.
Workers at the Visteon car components manufacturing plants in Belfast, Enfield and Basildon are fighting for justice after they were sacked last week. The workers in Belfast and Enfield occupied their sites.
The footage shows interviews with workers occupying the Visteon car components plant in Enfield, North London, Saturday 4 April 2009
Workers at the car plant manufacturer Visteon have responded magnificently to being summarily sacked.
Workers at the Visteon plant in Enfield, north London entered their third day of occupation today. They have occupied the site for the past two nights after being sacked on Tuesday afternoon with no notice, no redundancy package and no pay for their last week's work.
Enfield The occupation of workers at the Visteon plant in north London entered its second day on Thursday morning. The occupation continues, despite an overnight attempt by police and bailiffs to evict the workers.
The company that summarily sacked 600 workers leading to occupations in Belfast, Basildon and Enfield is Visteon UK. It a wholly owned subsidiary of US-based Visteon Corporation.
