Tuesday, February 03, 2009

France's 'Le Figaro' confirms Lindsey jobs reserved for non-British

The French newspaper paper begins its coverage as follows:

Premiers troubles sociaux au Royaume-Uni

Cyrille Vanlerberghe, correspondant à Londres 02/02/2009 | Mise à jour : 11:18 | Commentaires 38 | Ajouter à ma sélection
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Des milliers d'ouvriers britanniques font grève pour protester contre des emplois réservés à des travailleurs étrangers dans une raffinerie Total de l'est de l'Angleterre. (LINK)

My non-guaranteed but pretty accurate translation of the first sentence immediately above is the following: "Some thousands of British workers are on strike to protest against employment reserved for foreign workers in a Total refinery on the east coast of England" Other French newspapers are now covering the dispute eg Le Monde and Ouest France.

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