Wildcat oil strikes enter third day
Strikes at an oil refinery in North Lincolshire enter their third day today as talks between business leaders and employees broke down.
The unofficial strike action began at Lindsey Oil Refinery on Saturday as in protest over the loss of 51 jobs, cut by a sub-contractor while another employer on the site was hiring workers.
About 1,200 workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery continued their wildcat strike today, supported by some contractors at Fiddlers Ferry Power Station in Cheshire who also walked out in a sympathy strike, their union said.
Commenting earlier, Lindsey Oil Refinery owner Total told the BBC it was “frustrated” that talks had broken down and called for an end to the “illegal walkout”.
Meanwhile, the strikers are expected to return for another mass meeting on tomorrow morning.
The refinery was hit by unofficial action earlier this year in a row over the recruitment of non-UK workers.
The site at Killingholme employs 550 staff and has up to 1,000 contract workers at any time.
The staff who walked out were contract workers.
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