Lindsey oil refinery disputes ends

A deal to end the jobs dispute at Lindsey oil refinery, which led to walkouts across the country, has been agreed, unions say.

The agreement follows talks between union leaders and employers of contract staff at the North Lincolnshire site, the BBC reports.

Unions said the deal involved the reinstatement of 647 workers sacked for taking unofficial strike action and would be put to the workers on Monday.

In a statement on Friday, a spokesman for the company said: “Total is pleased that the contract companies and the unions were able to reach a positive conclusion at talks last night.”

The Lindsey workers went on strike on 11 June after a sub-contractor cut 51 jobs. It is thought those people will also be offered the chance to return to work.

On Friday morning, staff at some of the sites affected by sympathy strikes began to return to work.

Hundreds of workers at Sellafield in Cumbria and Longannet in Fife, who had downed tools, voted to end their walkouts.

Sympathy strikes for the Lindsey workers had broken out at plants in Drax and Eggborough in North Yorkshire, Stanlow in Cheshire, Aberthaw in south Wales, Didcot in Oxfordshire among others.

Author: Faye Sunderland, June 26, 2009
Filed under: Fleet news

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