900 sacked

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
 
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.
 
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???
 
Boeing Guy said:
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
 
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?
 
<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
 
jaysay said:
Exactly BG, I just wonder where the British worker would be without BIG BUSINESS
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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:
 
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
 
cmonstanley said:
lanother of thatchers legacies who claimed to stand up for britain but did the opposite for the british people..
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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:
 
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
 
egg&chips said:
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 :)
 
Wynonie Harris said:
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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And they've had 12 years to change it and haven't seemed to bother:rolleyes:
 
egg&chips said:
If I knew where my nearest Total garage was, I'd go there and boycott it.
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I've never understood these political discussions. How could you go there to boycott it? Surely you would have to stay away to do that.:rolleyes:
 
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