ON Monday hundreds of workers gathered at the Sita Sembcorp plant, Wilton, to protest against low pay.
The Unite union said that protestors were concerned about foreign workers being used to undercut the wages of local workers.
Unite supports the Labour party. Ed Miliband has said a clear “no” to a referendum on our membership of the European Union.
Unite also supports our membership of the EU.
It is hypocritical of them to complain about the effect of foreign workers on wage rates, because nothing can be done about this problem while we remain inside the EU.
Ukip supports controlled immigration on a points-based system such as that used in Australia; not an open door policy which has led to wage deflation for manual workers.
If Unite was really concerned about its workers on Teesside, it would be campaigning for the same policy.
Mandy Boylett,Yarm.
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