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i see 900 workers have been sacked for standing up for their rights BBC NEWS | UK | England | Humber | 900 workers sacked at oil plant another of thatchers legacies who claimed to stand up for britain but did the opposite for the british people..

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i dont see how they have stood up for there rights ? they staged an official protest... problem is this is going to escalate now as the unite union love a good scrap

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Looks like there will be trouble nationwide again. Seems that there is a dispute over a agreement that no one would be sacked while foreign workers had jobs. Sixty one were hired by another company on the site yet did not offer them to those sacked.

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and we should all support them big business has exploited the worker for far. too long.

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I take it you mean the Employment Act 1982. Well if it is so bad why oh why have Labour, who have had over 12 years not changed it???

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Exactly BG, I just wonder where the British worker would be without BIG BUSINESS

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Anyone know if this will have an effect on petrol refining and distribution? Are we going to see queues at the pumps? Could we see cars off the road?

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<fx:pats LPG tank in the boot> they don't block LPG deliveries as its heating fuel in remote areas......


Barricade teh depots all they want for me! just means nice quiet roads

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it depends on what you see as "big business"...all the largest industries in this country where sold off by Thatcher..including BP.. I wonder were the massive oil revenue collected by that Tory government during the 80's ended up...in thier back pockets!:mad:

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back on topic...when the British workers protested and picketed the refinaries a few months ago against foriegn labour it was mostly supported on here...now it's dwindled away....maybe the Cameron boys have had second thoughts. :D

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Quite right, it's about time we got this Thatcher government out. We could do with electing a Labour government in its place, then we wouldn't see situations like this anymore because they'd stand up for the rights of ordinary working people.

Oh, hang on a minute...:rolleyes:

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It does seem like a fairly underhand thing to do. Is there no legislation to hinder workers being discarded en masse for cheaper labour? If I knew where my nearest Total garage was, I'd go there and boycott it. They'd miss the custom I don't already give them

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just walk in flicking your lighter , that will get their attention pretty sharpish :)

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And they've had 12 years to change it and haven't seemed to bother:rolleyes:

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looks like this lot will be just as bad as thatcher..:eek: