Holyro and Westminster governments were challenged to “stand” workers in the only oil refinery in Scotland while preparing to close.
Rose Foyer, Secretary -General of the Congress of the Scottish Trade Union (STUC), claims that both governments are currently “failing” workers at the Gangmouth plant.
The notifications of redundancy have already been sent to hundreds of employees as the owners of Petroineos are preparing to close the refinery.
MPs were told last year that the plant is expected to lose the company of £ 150 million over 2024.
D -Ja lobby insists that there is still a “viable table option” for Gngemut, saying that the Union Union has offered both the Government of Scotland and the United Kingdom that it can be used to become a production center For sustainable aviation fuel.
D -lounge, which spoke on the matter when I turned to the Labor Conference in Glasgow, said: “My key message today is and our governments – do your job. Stand up to Scotland’s energy workers.
“If you are unable to save workplaces in Grangemut, if you are unable to stop this closure and invest in a real simple transition, then you will not succeed in the workers right in Scotland.
“Progressive governments should take a position against billionaires who treat workers as disposable, against corporations that win while communities also suffer a real just transition that protects jobs, industries and livelihoods.”
Her comments came as she told supporters that many people were “properly outraged by the betrayal of workers in Scotland in Ggwemut.”
She said the site was “a key test of whether the Scots and governments of the United Kingdom can work together to protect jobs, livelihoods and the whole community.”
But D -Ja Foyer added: “So far, both governments have failed to these workers.”
Since surplus notifications were sent three weeks ago, she said the first group of workers would end at the plant on April 30, adding: “Of 425 qualified workers, only 65 for the new Petroineos import terminal is needed.”
She added that the closure of the refinery can also see more 2,800 jobs lost in the width chain of supply and cost the local economy more than £ 400 million.
The proposal to cross the Site to create a sustainable aviation fuel is a “plan that presents a financially viable way to preserve these jobs and transition that the refinery is now becoming a key engine of Net Zero,” added G -Ja Fayer
She said: “This is an opportunity that must be understood, it is the one that will protect the security of our national energy infrastructure, and yet our governments are hesitant to use their full powers to intervene.
“Instead, they collide, offer us their condolences because the owners of the billionaires have decided that they are not their global interests to maintain Scotland’s only refinery open.”
When the refinery closure was announced last year, the government of Scotland and the United Kingdom jointly made £ 100 million for the local area and promised to work together on the Willow Report project for the future of the site.
The current Scottish energy secretary, Jillian Martin
Most recently, the first Scotland minister John Swey has announced another 25 million pounds to provide a “fair transition” for the area.
The acting secretary of the Scottish energy secretary, Jillian Martin, said: “The Scottish government has already shown that we are on the side of Grangemut and its workforce. We do everything we can within our strength and resources.
“That is why this week the first minister announced an additional 25 million pounds, leading to the total number we have done or already invested in Grangemut to £ 87 million.
“We are all clear that the United Kingdom government must do at least the same and provide a fairly large sum to avoid significant economic disturbances in Central Scotland and to protect and encourage the future interests of Scotland – and of Grangemut.”
She Also Called on the Uk Government to “Expedite a Decision” on the Proposed Acorn Carbon Capture and Storage Project in Scotland, and “To Make Urgent Progress on Allocating Funding Projects, to Help Ensure a Sustainable Future for the width industrial cluster. “
A spokesman for the Labor Party said: “When work came to his post last year, there were no plans for Gngagmut.
“Within days, the United Kingdom government addressed the Scottish government to draw up a package of measures. This includes £ 100 million for the Falkirk and Grangemouth growth deal, which will provide over 628 million British pounds economic benefits and create 1660 jobs.
“The United Kingdom Government also scores £ 26 million in The Forth Green Freeport, with a grandmother in its heart, to attract investment and well -paid, quality jobs in the area.
“Project Willow, a joint -funded survey, examining a long -term sustainable future for the site, was ordered within days of taking office. It could be ordered months ago, but it only received the green light after Laburi won the election.
“At every step of the way is the work that has caused a sense of urgency of gragemut.”
