Why would a bunch of environmental activists support workers in an oil refinery?
Total, the world’s sixth largest oil multinational sacked 600 workers at the Lindsey oil refinery last week. Illegal walkouts and strikes have occurred in solidarity in power stations and other sites. The Lindsey workers had already been on strike for a week in protest at the earlier sacking of 51 workers which in turn was the company’s attempt to get rid of ‘troublemakers’ in response to strike action in January/February. These layoffs have nothing to do with any closing down of operations; Total still have every intention of operating the refinery, and gaining massive profits from doing so. After being sacked, the workers were then asked to reapply for the same jobs. This is a straightforward attempt by the bosses to stamp their authority and remind the workforce of who is in charge. These workers work in the very specialised industry know as ‘engineering construction,’ which deals with the truly massive projects where the buildings and the machinery inside have to be built together.
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