Les Bayliss :"employers agree to reinstate sacked workers"

An agreement has been reached to end the dispute at the Lindsey oil refinery.

The agreement follows talks lead by Unite AGS Les Bayliss between unions and employers of the contract staff at the North Lincolnshire site.

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

The workers went on strike on 11 June after a sub-contractor at the refinery owned by Total cut 51 jobs.

Les Bayliss, said: "Following hours of detailed negotiations we now have proposals for a return to work which will be recommended by the stewards to the workforce. The employers have agreed to reinstate the sacked workers but the details have to be put to the workforce first."