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date: Monday 16 February 2009

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TUC reaction to ACAS report into the Lindsey oil refinery dispute

Responding to the publication today (Monday) of the ACAS report into the Lindsey oil refinery dispute, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber said: 'It is hardly surprising that the ACAS enquiry has found that no laws have been broken, as the major union complaint is that the law does not properly protect UK based workers - wherever they were born.

'The EU's Posted Workers Directive has been implemented in the UK in a way that fails to guarantee UK agreements, and recent EU court judgements have raised even more worries that the law favours employers that try to undermine existing standards.'

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Press release (200 words) issued 16 Feb 2009