Irem (construction company)

IREM S.p.A is an Italian construction contracting global company. It was founded in 1979 by a group of professionals with experience in the mechanical construction business.

2009 Lindsay Oil Refinery protests

IREM's contract with Total's Lindsey Oil Refinery in England prompted actions of protest which started in late January 2009.[1]

On 28 January 2009, approximately 800 of Lindsey Oil Refinery's local contractors went on strike following the appointment of several hundred European contractors (mainly from Italy and Portugal) on the site to build a hydro desulphurisation unit at a time of high unemployment in the local and global economy. The action attracted considerable media interest in Italy, Portugal and the United Kingdom.[2][3][4][5][6]

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Additional contractors at other sites in the United Kingdom also initiated industrial action as a result of the protests.[7] On 30 January, around 700 workers at the Grangemouth Oil Refinery in central Scotland walked out in solidarity with the North Lincolnshire strikers. They have also been joined by 50 strikers in Aberthaw, in South Wales, and 400 at the ICI site in Wilton, Teesside.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oil refinery strike spreads, Financial Times, 30 January
  2. ↑ Workers stage protest over use of foreign labour at oil refinery - Daily Mail Online
  3. ↑ Mass walkout over foreign labour - BBC News Online
  4. ↑ Hundreds of oil refinery workers walk out over jobs given to foreign workers - Daily Telegraph
  5. ↑ Brits can kiss jobs goodbye - Daily Star
  6. ↑ Britons walk out in foreign jobs protest - Daily Express
  7. ↑ Hundreds join refineries walkout - BBC News Online
  8. ↑ Refinery strikes spread across UK - BBC News Online

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