MORE JOB DISPUTES

LEFT: Workers protest at Staythorpe Power Station in January

There could be more disputes in Nottinghamshire in the British jobs for British workers row.

The European Union have voted in favour of new rules to allow British companies to hire foreign workers, meaning that British worker's in Newark and around the country may not be able to work to build Staythorpe Power station.

Officials at the European Court of Justice in Strasbourg have voted 578 to 72 in favour of a report which will enable companies to have official registered offices in other countries.

It would mean that UK companies would be able to hire foreign workersfor contracts under a Collective Agreement meaning the workers would have to be paid the UK minimum wage.

If the ruling is passed it would mean Trade Unions wouldn’t be able to intervene.