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| A "peaceful protest" is taking place outside one of Wales' biggest power stations over the use of foreign workers at an oil refinery in England. | A "peaceful protest" is taking place outside one of Wales' biggest power stations over the use of foreign workers at an oil refinery in England. |
| About 50 people gathered outside Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan on Friday morning. | About 50 people gathered outside Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan on Friday morning. |
| Meurig Thomas said the protest was in support of colleagues at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire. | Meurig Thomas said the protest was in support of colleagues at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in North Lincolnshire. |
| Workers there have protested over a £200m construction contract being given to an Italian firm. | Workers there have protested over a £200m construction contract being given to an Italian firm. |
| Industry contractors have also walked out at sites in northern England and Scotland in support over the escalating protest, which began on Wednesday with a walk-out by Lindsey workers. | Industry contractors have also walked out at sites in northern England and Scotland in support over the escalating protest, which began on Wednesday with a walk-out by Lindsey workers. |
| All we are saying is British jobs for British people Meurig Thomas, Unite | |
| Unions said British staff should be doing the work at the oil refinery. | Unions said British staff should be doing the work at the oil refinery. |
| Total, owners of the Lindsey refinery at North Killingholme, said there would be "no direct redundancies" as a result. | Total, owners of the Lindsey refinery at North Killingholme, said there would be "no direct redundancies" as a result. |
| At Aberthaw, South Wales Police said officers were at the scene to monitor the protest. | |
| Mr Thomas, of the Unite unions, said the protest was not a "witch hunt" against foreign workers. | |
| But he said there were concerns that future jobs in the industry would not go to British workers. | |
| "What we're concerned about is [we are] in a recession, we're concerned that all the people that have been made redundant in the UK over these issues could be trained and put back into these particular vacancies," he said. | |
| Police are attending the protest at Aberthaw Power Station | |
| "There's plenty of unemployed construction workers and other workers who can be put in these vacancies." | |
| He added: "We're fighting for our particular jobs for UK construction workers and for the younger generation. | |
| "All we are saying is British jobs for British people." | |
| He said the demonstration was not an official strike and that the protestors were not stopping vehicles going in and out of Aberthaw. | |
| But some workers turning up at the site and joined them, he added. | |
| RWE which runs the power station have been asked to comment. | |
| Meanwhile, Humberside Police said numbers of protesters at the Lindsey refinery demonstration on Thursday, which passed off peacefully, was near 800. | |
| Employees at BP's Dimlington gas terminal in East Yorkshire and its chemical manufacturing plant in Saltend, Hull, also walked out in support of the Lindsey refinery workers. | |
| Unofficial strike action was also taken by workers at Scottish Power's Longannet power station in Fife. |