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The Unite union called on Grangemouth workers yesterday not to cave in to the oil refinery bosses' "menacing" tactics to sign away their rights and said it was considering legal action.
Workers at the massive oil refinery were yesterday given details of owners Ineos's "survival plan," with the firm saying it was "D Day" for the site.
The company told workers they could lose their jobs and be re-employed on poorer terms unless they agreed to give up their final-salary pension, as well as accepting pay freezes and pay cuts by 6pm on Monday October 21.
JOHN LANG recalls how Murdoch used scabbing electricians and even devised a fake newspaper to force a confrontation with printers – then sacked them all
On the 40th anniversary of the Wapping dispute, this Morning Star special supplement traces the long-planned conspiracy that led to the mass sackings of printworkers in 1986 – a struggle whose unresolved injustices still demand redress today, writes ANN FIELD
