Petition sees 20,000 demand action to stop 700 jobs being axed at Rolls-Royce
PAISLEY DAILY EXPRESS: Live news as it happens Neil Bibby MSP urged Nicola Sturgeon to do all she could at First Minister’s Questions and Gavin Newlands MP handed in a petition and quizzed the UK aviation minister Kelly Tolhurst MP in Westminister. Read More News: Their action comes as a petition urging Nicola Sturgeon and the Scottish Government to do all it can to safeguard the jobs reached almost 20,000 signatures.Rolls-Royce announced on Wednesday it was axing 700 jobs at its Inchinnan plant – more than half of its 1,300-strong workforce.The axe had been hanging over staff at the site after the company announced at the end of last month it would have to make serious job cuts as a result of the global crisis.The Inchinnan factory