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| Refinery staff vote to end strike | Refinery staff vote to end strike |
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| Hundreds of strikers have voted to return to work at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincs after a deal was struck over the foreign workers row. | |
| The deal, negotiated by the union, provides 102 new jobs for British workers in addition to the posts awarded to an Italian company. | |
| No foreign workers are expected to lose their posts at Total's oil refinery. | No foreign workers are expected to lose their posts at Total's oil refinery. |
| Meanwhile, workers at Alstom power station in Notts who say they have been refused work are to protest in London. | Meanwhile, workers at Alstom power station in Notts who say they have been refused work are to protest in London. |
| 'Fight continues' | |
| The unofficial strikers at Lindsey had argued they were being excluded from applying for jobs that went to the Italians. | |
| GMB union official Phil Whitehurst said: "We have now got the chance to go back to work but the fight does not stop here. | |
| "The fight continues at Staythorpe and anywhere else where an injustice is being done. | |
| "It was a unanimous decision. It was an excellent vote. We have got the MPs worried. I think we have got Gordon Brown worried." | |
| The dispute began last Wednesday, sparking copycat protests from thousands of workers at power stations and other construction sites around the country. |