Sunday, February 01, 2009



And they call themselves a "Labour" party...

Since Thursday, oil refineries and power stations around the UK have been hit by wildcat strikes in response to an oil refinery in Lincolnshire contracting out new construction to an Italian firm using imported contract labour. The workers at those facilities are rightly concerned that they are being discriminated against, and that the ability to contract work out leads to a race to the bottom which undermines wages and working conditions. The response of the "Labour" government? You can go and work in Europe. So much for "Labour" caring about labour...