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Unite slams leaders' ‘radio silence’ on Grangemouth
by Matt Kerr
Scotland reporter
Members of the Unite union march and rally at the Scottish Parliament in protest at Petroineos plans to close Grangemouth oil refinery in November last year
UNITE has slammed Labour and SNP leaders’ “radio silence” on Grangemouth’s closure while hundreds of workers are being handed redundancy notices.
Scottish Labour leader Anas Sarwar and his Westminster counterpart Sir Keir Starmer have come under intense fire over the last week after the process of laying off almost 500 workers began at Scotland’s only oil refinery.
Mr Sarwar told Radio Scotland on Monday: “Where we are right now is not good enough.”
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