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Builders protest at overseas labour scam

MERSEYSIDE construction workers will demonstrate today for a second time at a new biomass power station over the use of cheap overseas labour to undercut national agreements.

The protest is taking place outside the Stobart Energy site in Widnes.

Across Britain, developers are importing cheap labour to undermine national agreements on pay, working conditions, health and safety.

Construction union Unite’s Mike Gaskell said it was “demanding that all workers, including those on site from overseas, are paid the same rate.

“We want fairness to prevail.”

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