Olkiluoto 3 Faces New Inspection, Strike Threat

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http://yle.fi/news/id99729.html

Olkiluoto 3 Faces New Inspection, Strike Threat
Published 26.08.2008, 12.04 (updated 27.08.2008, 05.51)

The Radiation Safety Centre (STUK) began an extraordinary inspection at the Olkiluoto nuclear power reactor construction site -- just as a strike warning was issued for workers at the site.

The inspection is aimed at checking whether safety procedures at the site of Finland's fifth commercial reactor site match descriptions supplied by the utility TVO. STUK officials are interviewing workers at the site.

A recent YLE television current-affairs programme claimed that employees had been doing welding work without proper instruction and that they were forbidden from speaking with anyone about the issue.

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Meanwhile the Finnish Construction Trade Union issued a strike warning for the Olkiluoto 3 building site on Tuesday.

It says that there are irregularities surrounding the pay and conditions for the 300 Polish construction workers hired for Bouygues Travaux Publics by subcontractor Rimec Ltd. For instance, says the union, the company has refused to explain how the builders' taxes and social security payments are being handled.

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1. As many as 1,000 workers may go on strike next month

http://www.easybourse.com/bourse-actualite/bouygues/finnish-union-threatens-strike-at-olkiluoto-nuclear-site-FR0000120503-510232

Finnish Union Threatens Strike At Olkiluoto Nuclear Site

Tuesday August 26th, 2008 / 12h59

HELSINKI (AFP)--As many as 1,000 workers at a Finnish nuclear reactor construction site will go on strike next month if no explanation is given for large-scale wage deductions from Polish workers there, a trade union threatened Tuesday.

The Finnish Construction Trade Union said a subcontractor of French building firm Bouygues Construction had deducted more than 30% of Polish workers' wages for tax and social security fees, but hadn't specified which country was receiving the payments.

"In addition, workers have not received enough holiday pay and there have been problems with their healthcare," the union said in a statement.

Union Vice President Kyoesti Suokas meanwhile told AFP "the Polish workers have been trying to sort this out for months without receiving any response.

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