Unite’s General Secretary Len McCluskey has said the union will “embrace” the survival plan of Grangemouth owner INEOS “warts and all” in order to prevent the closure of the petrochemical plant, which was announced yesterday morning. Union officials and management from INEOS met at 8am today to hold talks. Mr McCluskey said he had spoken […]

The Grangemouth petrochemical plant is to close for good with the liquidation expected to begin within a week, its owner announced today. Following the failure of talks with the Unite union and a narrowly averted strike, the Grangemouth site had been temporarily shutdown since last week, whilst the owner INEOS tried to secure a deal […]