Workers have been coming out today in support of the sacked Lindsey workers – 900 of who received their cards last week after continuing to stand up to the management.
At the site itself sacked workers burnt their dismissal letters in front of the cameras and have vowed to stand firm.
The BBC news site has added the following:
"Workers across the UK have walked out in sympathy, with thousands downing tools on Monday in unofficial action. They include:
• 900 contract workers at Sellafield in Cumbria
• 400 workers at two LNG plants in west Wales – South Hook and Dragon
• 200 contractors at Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales
• 200 contractors at Drax and Eggborough power stations near Selby, North Yorkshire
• Workers at Fiddlers Ferry power station in Widnes, Cheshire
• Contract maintenance workers at the Shell Stanlow Refinery in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
• 60 contract maintenance workers at Didcot A power station in Oxfordshire
• More than 1,000 workers at the Ensus biofuel site in Wilton, Teesside
Activists have said they expect thousands of workers to take action in the coming days in support of the sacked workers." (BBC News Monday 22 June)
The BBC gave some further quotes from a meeting held outside the Lindsey site:
"Would Total do the same in France? Absolutely not, because there wouldn’t be a tanker on its four wheels.
"They’d
all be turned over on their sides, blockading every road to this
refinery, because the French wouldn’t put up with it …. Our government will be subservient to companies like this. But we won’t." Kenny Ward – sacked worker.
"We go out together, we go back together."Phil Whithurst GMB
Needless to say the government has announced that it is sitting on the fence, calling for talks etc., but in truth they are behind the Total management in trying to break the union and push back the growth in industrial militancy.
Further demo’s of support will take place at the site over the next few days with the GMB set to stage one on Tuesday.
Resolutions of support must be passed in every trade union and Labour Party branch to give maximum solidarity to these workers under attack – they must know where the organised Labour movement stands.
Click here to read Friday’s stop-press report.
Defend the 900 – Solidarity Now!
Escalate the action – no retreat
Strikers demand a fair deal for all workers
No to victimisation – Defend the union
Further reports and updates will be posted here over the next few days
