A meeting between Unite and Visteon Corporation executives in New York yesterday has given encouragement to the 227 workers who were made redundant with just a few minutes' notice.
The Unite convener at the in Ponders End Kevin Nolan returned from New York this morning and went straight back to the protest.
He said: "It was a positive meeting, the company are back at the table.
"Having Derek Simpson the general secretary of Unite negotating on your behalf, you couldn't have got anything better. He did a fantastic job."
Negotiations continue after Easter as Visteon bosses come over the UK for a further meeting with the conveners of the three protest plants on Tuesday.
Hundreds of people are at the Morson Road plant this morning to lend their support to the protesters, who are due to be evicted at noon.
Workers have been at the plant for eight days, sleeping on the floor of their former paintshop and surviving on donations and deliveries from family and well-wishers for food.
KMPG, the administrators of Visteon UK, which went into administration last week got the court order they were looking for at the High Court on Monday.
Mr Nolan said the protesters would leave but would then picket the front gates of the plant.
"The protest goes on," he said. "They've put 650 workers' families into poverty. It's a scandal."
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