Total says 1,200 workers walk out at UK refinery

LONDON (Reuters) – France’s Total said on Friday that 1,200 contractors have walked out on unofficial strike over planned redundancies at its British Lindsey refinery.

Total said in a statement that 600 workers were protesting outside the refinery, but production was not affected.

The dispute centres around plans to reduce the number of contractors who have been working on an expansion project at the refinery.

Total said it had sent letters to 65 workers that they were at risk of redundancy “as the mechanical stage of the project which these contractors are working on is about to be completed”.

Reuters