Cambridge Activists slow down Tesco’s Building work

22.07.2009
Cam­bridge activists sab­o­tage machin­ery in a bid to slow down the build­ing work of a new Tescos’s on Mill Road

22.07.2009
Cam­bridge activists sab­o­tage machin­ery in a bid to slow down the build­ing work of a new Tescos’s on Mill Road

Last night local activists sab­o­taged a dig­ger being used by Tesco’s who have start­ed work on a new store on Mill Road in Cam­bridge. A selec­tion of glues was used to dis­able machin­ery and door­locks. Reports from an eye­wit­ness saw the dig­ger being trans­port­ed away this morn­ing.

Tesco’s, true to form are using heavy hand­ed tech­niques. They have announced open­ing dates, com­menced works with­out hav­ing the nec­es­sary per­mis­sions to do so. They have no deliv­ery access and do not have an alco­hol license. This is designed to intim­i­date local cam­paign­ers and the coun­cil.

Last nights action was not aimed at work­ers from the hire com­pa­ny or the peo­ple work­ing on the site but to send a strong mes­sage to Tescos.

One activist said:
“we’ve no quar­rel with the peo­ple being paid to work on the site, they’re just doing a job and we under­stand their need to get paid for their jobs.HOWEVER we pub­licly invite them to help us to give them a well earned break, by let­ting us know how we can best slow down the work!”