- Target:
- johncowan@blueyonder.co.uk
- Region:
- GLOBAL
- Website:
- www.facebook.com
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The Carron Phoenix sink manufacturing plant in Falkirk is to close, with the loss of almost 200 jobs.
Swiss-based Franke Group said it will undertake a "phased closure programme" over the next 18 to 20 months.
The closure of the Carron works in Falkirk can be seen as a metaphor for Scottish manufacturing. Even the kitchen sink is going.
It takes nearly 200 jobs with it, which is a harsh reality for the workforce. But this is symbolic as well as for real, and it goes much further than sink-manufacturing being sunk.
The Carron works have been described as the single biggest contributor to the Industrial Revolution as it took hold in Scotland. And of course, that meant it was one of the most important in the world.
Carron has been going since 1759.
Don't let it die.
The Save Carron Phoenix Falkirk petition to johncowan@blueyonder.co.uk was written by John Cowan and is in the category Employment at GoPetition.