Blackout threat rises as refinery row spreads
Some of Britain’s biggest power stations could be forced into unscheduled shutdowns if industrial action over sackings at the Lindsey oil refinery escalates.
Hundreds of contractors at Drax in West Yorkshire and E.ON UK’s plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar in Nottinghamshire have walked out in sympathy after Total, owner of the Lindsey oil refinery, last night sacked 900 workers for staging a series of “illegal” strikes.
Officials said that the wildcat strikes have not affected power generation activities so far. But sources said there was a risk that if the strikes became official, other staff at heavily unionised plants would refuse to cross picket lines. It could lead to plants being closed or forced to operate at a reduced capacity.
A spokesman for Drax, Britain’s largest power station, where up to 200 contractors have not shown up for work today, declined to comment on the potential impact of escalating disruption.
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