 The �40m contract could safeguard jobs for the next 18 months |
Union leaders say workers at a Devon shipyard are "desperate" for news about yard's future.The management at Appledore Shipyard is being urged to tell the 550-strong workforce what is happening about their jobs.
The last contract leaves the factory on the banks of the Torridge within a few days.
And most of the workers are currently on a three-day week.
Downhearted
Raw steel has arrived to start work on a �40m barge for the offshore wind energy business, which could secure jobs at the yard for the next 18 months.
But contracts have not been signed and financial negotiations are continuing.
Some staff at Appledore Shipbuilders say they have never known an atmosphere so downhearted.
A spokesman for the GMB union said management must tell them what is going on, with the livelihoods of hundreds of families at stake.
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