Talks relating to the unofficial strike at Total’s Lindsey oil refinery were adjourned last night until Thursday following five hours of talks. Some progress was made (according to the FT) but “significant barriers’’ remained.
Up to 1,200 Lindsey workers involved in building a £200m hydro-desulphurisation have been on strike since June 11 in protest against plans by Shaw, a subcontractor, to axe 51 jobs while another subcontractor was hiring people.
Total said it had “actively encouraged” talks between its contractors and the unions about how to achieve a return to work by the contractors’ workforces.
Workers at the Coryton oil refinery in Essex took action on Tuesday, joining more than 3,000 workers at construction sites including Longannet and Cockenzie power stations in Scotland, Aberthaw power station in south Wales, Sellafield nuclear plant in Cumbria and the Ensus biofuels plant on Teesside.
At least 11 sites were reported to have been affected. Others included Eggborough and Drax power stations in Yorkshire, Stanlow oil refinery in Cheshire, South Hook gas terminal in west Wales and Didcot power station in Oxfordshire.
About 1,000 workers demonstrated at the Lindsey gates on Tuesday.
Total said it was an observer at last night’s talks but not actively involved. According to the unions, subcontractors that have sacked strikers include R. Blackett and Charlton, SGB and Shaw but not all opted to do so.
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