Another Strike happening...

[Thomas.]

Scotland's only Oil Refinery in Grangemouth, Falkirk will be closing down over the weekend due to worker strikes started by a group called 'The Union'. It is expected that Scotland will be cut off from the rest of Britain Fuel-wise. Even though the "First Minister Alex Salmond says Scotland can cope with fuel shortages, despite the impending Grangemouth strike".

Here is the full story: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/7362709.stm

If you can't access the link or don't want to, here is the full story:

A strike which could close down Scotland's only oil refinery will go ahead after talks between the Unite union and plant bosses broke down.

Operators Ineos and the union held two days of talks at conciliation service Acas in a bid to halt the strike by workers at the Grangemouth facility.

Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney told BBC Scotland there should be enough fuel to avoid shortages.

Staff are due to walk out of the refinery on Sunday.

Mr Swinney said: "What we are confident about is that we have taken preparations to make sure that there are ample supplies of petrol and diesel available well into the month of May.

"That's obviously predicated on consumer purchasing patterns remaining as we would normally expect them to be."

He added: "We also have the ability to import fuel into the bargain if we need to support the stocks that we have already within Scotland so the plans are well advanced."

The local MP, Michael Connarty, told BBC Scotland's Good Morning Scotland programme: "I have been representing these people for 16 years.

"There used to be 3,500 people on that site.

"They have taken amazing cuts in the number of staff, they have massively increased their productivity, they are printing money for this company on that site, and as part of that, the deal was you got some rewards, deferred income and you got it in your pension.

"That's entirely logical for a company that's making this kind of money.

"This is an aggressive company who are determined to cut their costs by making the workforce pay."

I live two miles away, not to threatening but damages the local economy which is also not threatening.

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