WORKERS from Akzo Nobel who face losing their jobs when the firm shifts production abroad petitioned shoppers in Blackburn town centre.
Earlier this month, bosses of the Dutch firm announced that 109 jobs were to go at the site on Hollins Road, Darwen, which employs 600.
Production of its industrial paints division is being moved abroad for 'economic reasons'.
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