Oil workers at the giant Grangemouth refinery have dealt a stunning ballot blow to bosses hoping to turf out popular Unite union convenor Stevie Deans.
Union members delivered an 81 per cent vote for a strike that would knock out 30 per cent of North Sea oil supplies.
A massive 86 per cent of members voted to give their verdict on an internal probe ordered by bosses at Ineos Petrochemicals.
‘People up and down the country are asking whose side is the Labour government on and coming up with the answer: not workers,’ Unite general secretary Sharon Graham says
As bus builder Alexander Dennis threatens Falkirk closure and Grangemouth faces ruthless shutdown by tax exile Jim Ratcliffe, RICHARD LEONARD MSP warns that global corporations must be resisted by a bold industrial strategy based on public ownership



