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| Workers protest over Olympic jobs | Workers protest over Olympic jobs |
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| Workers have protested at the Olympic stadium site demanding more British employees should be given jobs in its construction. | Workers have protested at the Olympic stadium site demanding more British employees should be given jobs in its construction. |
| The GMB and Unite union members a callied for workers to be employed directly not through job agencies. | The GMB and Unite union members a callied for workers to be employed directly not through job agencies. |
| Up to 400 protesters demonstrated at the site in Stratford, east London. | Up to 400 protesters demonstrated 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, had taken 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, had taken 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." |
| After the protest the workers went on to lobby MPs in parliament, to discuss the Posted Workers Directive and "the blacklisting that is operating in our industry". | After the protest the workers went on 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. |
| Workers protest over Olympic jobs | Workers protest over Olympic jobs |
| "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. | 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. | 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. | "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." | "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. | 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. | 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. |