REFINERY WALKOUT: Using foreign workers 'could cause redundancies'

PROTESTERS are claiming the use of Italian contractors at the Lindsey Oil Refinery will lead to mass redundancies.

As almost 1,000 contract workers picket LOR, refinery bosses are being called upon to distribute jobs evenly.

Billy Bones, who works for sub-contractor Shaw Group UK Ltd, said: “It has been a good protest, there has been no violence and I feel that the point is getting across.

“We want at least 50 per cent of the workers to be from the UK.

“We have got public support on our side and we are very optimistic that the argument is going to be won.”

Another worker from the Shaw Group, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “The Italians are putting nothing back into the local economy; the Italian company could have sourced the UK market.

“By the middle of February, we will be in a position of possible redundancies.

“We need some legislation to protect us but the union’s hands are tied, as legally they cannot sanction the kind of action.”

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