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Ineos betray workers again by axing 200 jobs
Bosses set to chuck 200 Grangemouth workers on scrapheap

Betrayed Grangemouth workers are facing 200 job losses, just weeks after agreeing to reduced pay and conditions to keep the troubled petrochemical complex open.

The Unite union revealed plans yesterday to close five plants on the site by unscrupulous owner Ineos.

The closures are part of a series of surprise cost-cutting measures.

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