Sacked oil workers burn dismissal letters
By Workers at the Lindsey oil refinery, sacked for taking unofficial strike action, have burned their dismissal letters in a mass protest, the BBC reports.
It came as workers from other UK sites walked out in support.
Total, which runs the facility in North Lincolnshire, sacked 650 construction workers, giving them until Monday evening to reapply for their jobs.
Last week the firm was accused of pulling out of talks with unions at the conciliation service Acas.
Elsewhere, about 200 contractors have walked out of Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan, south Wales, in support of workers at the Lindsey oil refinery.
And around 200 contractors at Drax and Eggborough power stations near Selby, North Yorkshire, have walked out.
Activists have said they expect thousands of workers to take action in the coming days in support of the sacked workers.
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