Power Station Workers Walk Out

Contract workers at Longannet Power Station have walked off shift after a meeting today in support of contract workers in England who say that other companies are selecting Spanish and Italian staff above UK-based staff.

A Scottish Power spokesperson said: "Scottish Power can confirm that contractors working at Longannet Power Station in Fife have taken part in unofficial industrial action which is part of a UK-wide campaign concerning the issue of foreign workers.

"Scottish Power employees are not taking part in the campaign and production of power supplies are not affected in the short-term."

Workers at Grangemouth continue to work but are due to attend a meeting on Friday.

Another dispute at the Lindsey Oil Refinery, North Lincolnshire, began Wednesday after a construction contract was awarded to an Italian firm. Unions said the contract should have been given to British workers. Eight hundred people protested outside the refinery as workers from other sites joined the demonstration including hundreds of contract workers at the neighbouring Conoco Phillips oil refinery.

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.

Posted 29/01/09

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