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| Workers at the Lindsey oil refinery, sacked for taking unofficial strike action, have pledged to burn their dismissal letters in a mass protest. | |
| Their act of defiance is due to be held near the refinery later. | |
| Total, which runs the facility in North Lincolnshire, sacked 650 workers, giving them until Monday evening to reapply for their jobs. | |
| Last week the firm was accused of pulling out of talks with unions at the conciliation service Acas. | |
| The GMB union is organising a demonstration on Tuesday in protest at what it is says is Total's refusal to take part in peace talks. | |
| The GMB is not walking away from the disgraceful and outrageous behaviour of Total GMB General secretary Paul Kenny | The GMB is not walking away from the disgraceful and outrageous behaviour of Total GMB General secretary Paul Kenny |
| Last week hundreds of workers at other refineries walked out in sympathy with the sacked Lindsey workers. They may join the mass rally on Tuesday. | |
| Total sacked the workers after they took part in industrial action following a dispute over jobs. | |
| General secretary of the GMB Paul Kenny said: "The GMB is not walking away from the disgraceful and outrageous behaviour of Total. | |
| "We will support the locked-out and victimised workers and will demonstrate our support with peaceful and lawful protests." | |
| Job cuts | |
| Mr Kenny called on Total to meet the unions as soon as possible to try to end the dispute. | Mr Kenny called on Total to meet the unions as soon as possible to try to end the dispute. |
| Activists have said they expect thousands of workers to take action in the coming days in support of the sacked workers. | Activists have said they expect thousands of workers to take action in the coming days in support of the sacked workers. |
| Workers in Teesside, South Wales, Cheshire and Yorkshire were among those who came out in support last week. | Workers in Teesside, South Wales, Cheshire and Yorkshire were among those who came out in support last week. |
| The sacked Lindsey workers had been building another plant next to the existing site in Killingholme, but withdrew their labour last week in protest at a sub-contractor axing 51 jobs while another employer on the site was hiring people. | The sacked Lindsey workers had been building another plant next to the existing site in Killingholme, but withdrew their labour last week in protest at a sub-contractor axing 51 jobs while another employer on the site was hiring people. |
| The workers argued this broke an agreement not to cut jobs while there were vacancies elsewhere on the site. Total insists no such agreement was in place. | The workers argued this broke an agreement not to cut jobs while there were vacancies elsewhere on the site. Total insists no such agreement was in place. |
| Workers say the assurances were given in February following a bitter dispute in which they said foreign labour was being used to exclude British contractors and to undermine hard-won conditions. | Workers say the assurances were given in February following a bitter dispute in which they said foreign labour was being used to exclude British contractors and to undermine hard-won conditions. |
| The foreign workers row led to to a wave of unofficial strikes and protests at refineries and power stations across the UK. | The foreign workers row led to to a wave of unofficial strikes and protests at refineries and power stations across the UK. |
| Are you an employee or contractor at Lindsey Oil Refinery? Have you gone on strike in support of the sacked Lindsey workers? Send us your comments using the form below. | Are you an employee or contractor at Lindsey Oil Refinery? Have you gone on strike in support of the sacked Lindsey workers? Send us your comments using the form below. |
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