Around 900 Workers Sacked At Total's UK Lindsey Refinery
June 19 2009 - 4:01AM
Dow Jones News
Total SA (TOT) said Friday around 900 contract workers at its
U.K. Lindsey oil refinery are to have their contracts terminated
after staging unofficial strike action this week.
"Total can confirm, with regret, that our contractors have now
started the process of ending the current employment contracts for
their workforce on the HDS-3 [hydro-desulfurization] construction
project," the company said in a statement.
A spokeswoman at Total said the main contract company Jacobs
Engineering Group Inc. (JEC) had informed workers of the decision
Thursday. Workers will be able to re-apply for their jobs until
1600 GMT on June 22.
The 200,000 barrel a day refinery meanwhile continues to operate
as normal, Total said.
-By Nick Heath, Dow Jones Newswires; (4420) 7842 9405;
nicholas.heath@dowjones.com