U.K. Mediator to Probe Total Refinery Strikes as Action Spreads

[Joanne98]

Source: Bloomberg


Feb. 1 (Bloomberg) -- Acas, the U.K.’s arbitration organization, said it will investigate unofficial strikes that started at a Total SA refinery in northeast England and spread to other energy facilities.

“Acas has been in touch with interested parties at the Lindsey refinery site with a view to establishing the facts behind the outbreak of the unofficial action,” the London-based group said today in an e-mail. No specific mediation talks are planned, spokeswoman Clare Carter said.

Contractors at the refinery walked out on Jan. 28 after an Italian company brought in its own workers. Protests spread to power and natural-gas plants in Scotland, Wales and northwest England. Sellafield Ltd. yesterday said 900 contract workers will tomorrow discuss possible strikes at its nuclear site.

Trade union Unite is in “constant talks” with the government to work out how to resolve the dispute, spokeswoman Pauline Doyle said today by phone. Prime Minister Gordon Brown told the British Broadcasting Corp. the measures taken by workers aren’t defensible.



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[Acadia Blue]

1. We need a general strike like France and to shut this country down

until the pigs in the corporations who have outsourced the future generations properity listen. Limit their GD pay.

[FreakinDJ]

2. Truer words have not been spoken