Oil company Total fires British workers after unofficial strike, protests continue
http://www.latimes.com/business/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-eu-britain-wildcat-strikes,0,6417240.story
LONDON (AP) — British contract workers walked off their jobs at British energy facilities Friday, part of an escalating dispute triggered by the employment of foreign workers.
The dispute was resolved in February, but it flared again last week after Total dismissed 51 workers. About 1,200 contractors walked out, claiming the company had reneged on an agreement not to lay off any workers.Total responded by firing 647 contract workers and said they had until Monday to reapply for their jobs. Proposed talks between the union and management, due to be held Friday, fell through.
Bernard McAulay, an official with the UNITE union, told a crowd of picketers at the parking lot across the Lindsey refinery, about 165 miles (265 kilometers) north of London, that while foreign workers had their place, "the first priority has got to be labor from the local community."
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