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| Walkout after 'local labour' row | |
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| Contract workers at a LNG site and power station have walked out on unofficial strike in a dispute over the hiring of local labour. | Contract workers at a LNG site and power station have walked out on unofficial strike in a dispute over the hiring of local labour. |
| The GMB union said the dispute started with 50 laggers at South Hook liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. | The GMB union said the dispute started with 50 laggers at South Hook liquefied natural gas (LNG) in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire. |
| Laggers and thermal insulation engineers also walked out at Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan. | Laggers and thermal insulation engineers also walked out at Aberthaw power station in the Vale of Glamorgan. |
| RNE Npower said some contractors had walked out but the site was operating. | RNE Npower said some contractors had walked out but the site was operating. |
| It is believed the strikers complained an agreement by contractors to offer jobs to local labour had been broken. | It is believed the strikers complained an agreement by contractors to offer jobs to local labour had been broken. |
| GMB officials said the dispute is believed to arise from a contractor Hertel UK refusing to meet a standard agreement to offer local workers priority in stage two lagging work. | GMB officials said the dispute is believed to arise from a contractor Hertel UK refusing to meet a standard agreement to offer local workers priority in stage two lagging work. |
| Union sources said the industrial action could spread to other sites across the UK unless the dispute was resolved quickly. | Union sources said the industrial action could spread to other sites across the UK unless the dispute was resolved quickly. |
| No-one was available for comment at Hertel UK. | No-one was available for comment at Hertel UK. |
| A spokesperson for RWE Npower says some contractors have walked off site at Aberthaw power station but they have not had any formal notification about their reasons. | A spokesperson for RWE Npower says some contractors have walked off site at Aberthaw power station but they have not had any formal notification about their reasons. |
| All RWE Npower employers are at work and the site is operating. | All RWE Npower employers are at work and the site is operating. |
| Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB, said his union was making urgent inquiries into the cause of the dispute. | Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB, said his union was making urgent inquiries into the cause of the dispute. |
| He said: "We understand that an agreement to give work on these large projects to local labour has been breached." | He said: "We understand that an agreement to give work on these large projects to local labour has been breached." |
| South Hook was officially opened as a LNG terminal by the Queen earlier this month. | |
| Some workers have also apparently walked out at Dragon LNG site a few miles away. | |
| A spokeswoman for Dragon LNG, which is currently building a smaller terminal the other side of Milford Haven, said some workers had left the site in support of industrial action elsewhere, but it was not a mass exodus and there was no demonstration. | |
| Similar action took place at the same sites in January in support of staff at the Lindsey refinery in north Lincolnshire over a £200m construction contract being given to an Italian firm. | Similar action took place at the same sites in January in support of staff at the Lindsey refinery in north Lincolnshire over a £200m construction contract being given to an Italian firm. |