900 sacked

cmonstanley · 18-06-2009, 22:44

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..

Ossywarrior · 19-06-2009, 01:39

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

SPUGGIE J · 19-06-2009, 05:06

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.

cmonstanley · 19-06-2009, 06:54

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

Boeing Guy · 19-06-2009, 07:15

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???

jaysay · 19-06-2009, 09:10

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Originally Posted by Boeing Guy

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???

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

Tealeaf · 19-06-2009, 09:14

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?

entwisi · 19-06-2009, 09:29

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ats 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

Mancie · 19-06-2009, 22:41

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Originally Posted by jaysay

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

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!

Mancie · 19-06-2009, 23:03

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.

Wynonie Harris · 22-06-2009, 18:46

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Originally Posted by cmonstanley

lanother of thatchers legacies who claimed to stand up for britain but did the opposite for the british people..

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...

egg&chips · 22-06-2009, 21:38

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

accyman · 22-06-2009, 23:21

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Originally Posted by egg&chips

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

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

jaysay · 23-06-2009, 08:52

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Originally Posted by Wynonie Harris

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...

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

cmonstanley · 18-07-2010, 21:59

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