A VERY Dangerous Precedent ...

Grangemouth Terminal Stays Open

In short ... 

Either:

Take a 3 year pay freeze, agree to a 3 year no-strike deal, and allow your pension arrangements to be "messed with" (naturally to the detriment of the workers) ...

Or:

We close the whole thing down ...

... and for all the bluster etc of the Unite union (yes that same union that turned several blind eyes when Simon Carves was falling apart - the ones who made me lose ALL faith in ALL Unions three and a bit years ago), they caved in.  If you read the above article there are some absolutely astonishing quotes - the word un-effing-believable springs to mind ...

There must be companies all over the UK rubbing their hands with glee after this.  Welcome to 2013 - unlucky for some - with more to come ...

Look on the bright side Grangemouth ... Scottish Power have joined the energy price cartel bandwagon with an 8.6% price rise ... never mind, David Cameron is urging us all to turn up our heating - wonder why ??
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