‘It’s a national scandal’ – Unite slams CS Wind owners as company enters administration
A leading union has taken aim at the owners of CS Wind after the company collapsed into administration on Wednesday.
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Scottish wind tower business goes into administration
Wind turbine tower supplier CS Wind has gone into administration.
STUC urges UK politicians to hold jobs “crisis summit” after string of losses in green energy sector
A leading union is calling on UK politicians to hold a “crisis summit” after a string of jobs losses in the renewables industry.
We need to address the offshore wind ‘elephant in the room’
I agree with Scottish Government Energy Minister Paul Wheelhouse on many things: the imperative to tackle the UK and Scotland’s climate emergency; the essential role deploying renewables plays in doing so; and the crucial need to achieve this roll-out at the lowest cost possible to energy consumers.
Lack of ‘foresight’ by bosses blamed for CS Wind redundancy woes
Lack of "foresight" by bosses of a troubled wind turbine manufacturer is responsible for the firm's current redundancy woes, according to an industry insider.
Scottish Government sought to ‘assist’ troubled CS Wind prior to job losses
The Scottish Government has revealed that it sought to "assist" a troubled wind energy manufacturer prior to job losses that could see up to 80 redundancies at the firm.
Jobs fight at CS Wind fails as ‘possible’ 80 workers face redundancy
Up to 28 jobs are understood to have gone at a Scottish wind energy firm today as the fight to keep 80 staff in work looks to have failed.
CS Wind woes ‘unlikely to change’ after job cut talks break down
CS Wind's plans to shed 80% of its workforce are "unlikely to change" it has revealed, as a meeting between unions, the Scottish Government and management broke down today.
Scottish wind jobs in peril due to ‘politically-motivated intransigence’, new report claims
Scores of Scottish onshore wind projects risk losing planning permission due to "politically-motivated intransigence", a new report has claimed.
Union ‘fury’ as more than 70 jobs to go at Scottish wind firm
More than 70 staff are to be made redundant at a Scottish wind firm, according to workers union Unite.