Newspaper articles about seaweed cutters losing their jobs in Uist, 1998-99
Two photocopied newspaper articles about the potential loss of jobs in Uist: (1) Kelco – the Girvan-based producer of alginates is to stop buying wet seaweed from the Uists, (2) Meeting about the seaweed industry in the Western Isles following Kelco`s decision to stop taking seaweed from the Uists.
Newspaper articles `Kelco workers admit defeat in jobs fight` and `Tory hits out over Kelco`, 1996
Photocopy of two newspaper articles: (1) Workers at Barcaldine`s Kelco factory lose jobs due to the highly competitive market for algin, (2) Ralph Leishman hits back at Ray Mitchie`s criticism over the criticism of the Kelco plant – arguing that it was a failing industry.
Photocopy of newspaper article `Workers in bid to save Kelco`.
Details of bid by workers to save jobs at Barcaldine`s alginate factory in the face of imminent closure
