Union leader calls for government bail-out as Alstom closes factory
A UNION leader is demanding a “banking style” government bail-out for Britain’s biggest train factory after Alstom said it will close with the loss of 1,300 jobs.
TSSA general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust urged transport secretary Mark Harper to take a publicly owned stake in the manufacturer as it started mothballing its Litchurch Lane factory in Derby.
She said: "The Tory government is idly allowing biggest Britain train factory to go to the wall.
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