Latest editorial
New Grangemouth cash ‘must be the start, not the end’, say unions
Members of Unite union take part in a demonstration to protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery, during the Scottish Labour Party conference at the Scottish Exhibition Centre (SEC) in Glasgow, February 21, 2025
UNIONS have cautiously welcomed the government’s new pledge of £200 million for Grangemouth, but have warned it “must be the start, not the end” of the fight to save Scotland’s only oil refinery.
The Prime Minister made the announcement in his address to the closing session of this year’s Scottish Labour conference in Glasgow today.
On Friday, to mark the start of the conference, Unite led a picket demanding Westminster government intervention to save the 430 jobs expected to be lost if the site closes as scheduled in May.
More from this author
Energy giants rake in half a trillion pounds out of people’s misery, campaigners warn
