Great Britain: new wave of strikes to defend national/local preference for recruitment

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This story is quite similar to the strike at the Lindsey refinery in February (see our dispatch No. 090140).
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onal/local preference upon employment. (Ref. 090559)

This story is quite similar to the strike at the Lindsey refinery in February (see our dispatch No. 090140).

40 Polish workers in the line of sight. Thousands of workers launched spontaneous strikes in some gas liquefaction terminals and refineries in England and Wales, following a movement which started on may 19, 2009 at the South Hook treatment factory in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. Originally, the employer hired Polish workers, thus break

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