National Protest called outside Lindsey Oil Refinery Tuesday 23/06/09

There is going to be a national protest on Tuesday following the sacking of 100s of workers who took wildcat action.
NATIONAL PROTEST OUTSIDE LINDSEY OIL REFINERY 23/06/09
http://www.bearfacts.co.uk/Forum/index.php?topic=1092.msg5102

Here is a list of other resources:
http://libcom.org/news/oil-refinery-sackings-spark-further-walkouts-20062009
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jun/19/lindsey-oil-refinery-strikes
The reference to Posted Workers Directive gives it an EU angle. This directive is all about conditions of employment for 'foreign' workers within EU.
More info here... http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/1999/09/study/tn9909201s.htm

See also: Social-dumping: a crisis in the UK Engineering Construction industry 2004 Amicus/GMB/TGWU: http://www.amicustheunion.org/pdf/NECC%20Social%20Dumping%20February%202004.pdf
This explains the political dimension of this whereby the unions were predicting that UK Government not implementing the 1999 Posting of Workers Directive fully means that contractors can more easily bring in workers from other EU member states on substandard pay and conditions.

This audio clip is also worth listening to (interviewing workers engaged in building solidarity action at other sites):
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/audio/2009/jun/19/lindsey-oil-refinery-sackings

Some new stuff on Construction Worker UK 'bearfacts' website:
This was not just about the 51 skilled contractors:
http://www.bearfacts.co.uk/Forum/index.php?topic=1067.0

Personal Report from LOR, by Phil Whitehurst, GMB Sacked Shop Steward:
http://www.bearfacts.co.uk/Forum/index.php?topic=1083.0

Some industry perspective background from February:
Process Engineering reviews Total Lindsey dispute
http://www.processingtalk.com/news/pzk/pzk110.html