Comments on: Lindsey Oil Refinery on strike again

By: antonhowes

antonhowes — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 17:16:04 +0000

Hmm
First of all, I’m not a socialist, but I am sympathetic in the case of the Lindsey Oil Refinery strikes.

However, wasn’t this a wildcat strike? Socialists usually emphasise their democratic credentials, so this would have greater legitimacy and support if they had voted first.

On the radio I heard it as being “we didn’t have enough time”, and a conversation with an ex-miner and trade unionist the other week commenting on the situation produced the quotation “but we don’t always get the right result first time round”.

Could you please explain this to me, as it seems very anti-democratic of the union leadership, even though I believe the LOR bosses acted unfairly (if not, then the EU directive on the matter of contract workers that reputedly allows this to happen probably needs changing)

By: Sister Nancy

Sister Nancy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:07:35 +0000

Good to see that the Sellafield construction workers are out in solidarity in Cumbria.

By: Daniel Hoffmann-Gill

Daniel Hoffmann-Gill — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:16:23 +0000

A shameless plug of sorts…

http://www.virginmediashorts.co.uk/films/film/the-stall/

By: Lindsey and the Left’s priorities « Left Luggage

Lindsey and the Left’s priorities « Left Luggage — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:51:40 +0000

[...] There have indeed been a number of excellent commentaries on the dispute from some of the best Left bloggers. But actually the level of coverage has been quite [...]