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After 51 days in occupation the Dundee
Prisme workers have decided to end their occupation. The reason
we have taken this decision is that it looks like we have secured
funding to take our co-op venture forward and save the jobs that
we thought had gone.
Our occupation began to secure our redundancy payments and
other monies that were denied to us by our employer when we
were sacked. However, during the occupation we also decided to
fight to safeguard our jobs because we believed there was a
viable business, even if our predecessors did not. It looks like
we have achieved this aim. A new company Discovery Packaging and
Design Ltd is going to be launched on 1st May 2009.
This victory would not have been possible if it had not been for
the support we have had from the general public, trade unionists,
socialists and many others. This support and solidarity has been
overwhelming and has helped give us the energy and
determination to carry on for more than 7 weeks.
We said at the beginning of this that we were little people who
had refused to be little anymore. We are proud of what we have
achieved and our dignity is intact. We showed we would not be
walked over by an uncaring employer.
We want to thank all those who have supported our struggle
over the last 51 days; your support has been invaluable. Thanks
once again to you all.
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