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| Workers protest over Olympic jobs | Workers protest over Olympic jobs |
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| Workers are protesting at the Olympic stadium site demanding that more British construction workers should be employed at the site. | Workers are protesting at the Olympic stadium site demanding that more British construction workers should be employed at the site. |
| The GMB and Unite union members are also calling for workers to be employed directly not through job agencies. | The GMB and Unite union members are also calling for workers to be employed directly not through job agencies. |
| Up to 400 protesters are at the site in Stratford, east London. | |
| Workers from sites across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire are due to attend. Olympics bosses said up to 70% of workers are British or Irish. | Workers from sites across Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire are due to attend. Olympics bosses said up to 70% of workers are British or Irish. |
| Staff from the Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincolnshire, which was the scene of protests earlier this year over the use of foreign workers, are due to take part in the demonstration. | Staff from the Lindsey oil refinery in North Lincolnshire, which was the scene of protests earlier this year over the use of foreign workers, are due to take part in the demonstration. |
| The government is spending millions of pounds on apprentices but what for? Where are they going to go? Phil Willis, Unite | The government is spending millions of pounds on apprentices but what for? Where are they going to go? Phil Willis, Unite |
| Keith Gibson, from the GMB union, said: "The protest is about the EU legislation regards to social dumping of European workers throughout Europe in different parts of the country. | Keith Gibson, from the GMB union, said: "The protest is about the EU legislation regards to social dumping of European workers throughout Europe in different parts of the country. |
| "They are not obeying the pay and conditions that the agreements will work under." | "They are not obeying the pay and conditions that the agreements will work under." |
| He said after the protest the workers would be going to lobby MPs in parliament, to discuss the Posted Workers Directive and "the blacklisting that is operating in our industry". | He said after the protest the workers would be going to lobby MPs in parliament, to discuss the Posted Workers Directive and "the blacklisting that is operating in our industry". |
| Phil Willis, from Unite, said if too many non-British workers were brought in to work on the Olympic site it would have a knock-on effect on future generations. | Phil Willis, from Unite, said if too many non-British workers were brought in to work on the Olympic site it would have a knock-on effect on future generations. |
| "The more skilled labour they bring in it's going to deny our apprentices because they won't need them," he said. | "The more skilled labour they bring in it's going to deny our apprentices because they won't need them," he said. |
| About 30,000 people are expected to work on the Olympic site by 2012 | |
| "The government is spending millions of pounds on apprentices, but what for? Where are they going to go?" | "The government is spending millions of pounds on apprentices, but what for? Where are they going to go?" |
| The Olympic Delivery Authority said it had been advertising jobs first in local job centres. | |
| An ODA spokesperson said: "We are providing jobs and training at a difficult time for the economy, exceeding our targets on the employment of local people. | |
| "We work closely with the UK Borders Agency to ensure all those working on site are legally entitled to do so. | |
| "There are high levels of direct employment on the Olympic Park and we have a positive agreement with the unions representing construction workers on site which includes national wage rates." | |
| He stressed that the protesters were not workers who work on the Olympic site. | |
| Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are also attending. | Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union are also attending. |
| The EU Posted Workers Directive allows a European company to employ its own staff on a temporary projects in another EU member state as long as it's for a limited time and the company abides by local working conditions. | |
| Are you at the Olympic stadium site? Will you join the protest? | Are you at the Olympic stadium site? Will you join the protest? |
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