Gas terminal contractors walk out

Contractors at an East Yorkshire gas terminal have walked out in a show of solidarity with workers in North East Lincolnshire.

More than 600 contractors at Lindsey Oil Refinery near Immingham, downed tools yesterday in an illegal walk-out, angry that a contract on the site had been awarded to an Italian firm over British companies.

And the row threatened to escalate after other contractors – in support – also stopped work, despite union officials at Unite saying they could not officially support the action.

These included workers at PSN in East Yorkshire.

The firm has a contract with Centrica Storage Ltd as one of their providers of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation design services at the Rough gas storage facility and Easington terminal, near Withernsea.