Strengthen labour rights

The Irish Times writes on the strikes in protest against the use of foreign workers in the English district of Lindsey: "As unemployment rises steeply in the UK it is probably not surprising that protests should have broken out about the hiring of Italian and Portuguese workers at a Total oil refinery in North Lincolnshire. A growing fear of job losses is the essential context to understand the spreading unofficial protests directed against EU laws on workers' mobility. Sharp disagreements about whether that is a valid interpretation of a complex legal picture make it a difficult issue to resolve. ... It will probably take a combination of assurances from the company, government pledges on labour rights and trade union commitments to strengthen them to defuse these protests."

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