Mon Feb 2, 2009 4:49pm GMT
By Carmel Crimmins
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Workers protesting at luxury tableware maker Waterford Wedgwood's Irish crystal plant said on Sunday they supported one of two U.S. private equity groups vying to buy some of the indebted company's assets.
"We are encouraged by the continued firm interest by Clarion Capital," Jimmy Kelly, Irish regional secretary of the Unite union, said in a statement.
"They have lodged their bid and have outlined their plans to us of keeping manufacturing in the city and protecting the immediate livelihood of hundreds of workers and the future prospects for hundreds and thousands more."
Waterford Wedgwood, which owns Waterford Crystal, British potter Wedgwood, Royal Doulton fine china and German porcelain maker Rosenthal, called in receivers, Deloitte, last month after failing to buy more time from creditors.
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