Around 40 sparks were protesting outside Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station on Wednesday 1st February to fight the imposition of the BESNA contract.

They have been out each week for the past couple of months, and usually when they hold a protest are able to stop cars going into the site and cause a lot of disruption on the roads tailing back to the M1. However, due to this success and the fact that …

Protestors at Ratcliffe on Soar power station disrupted traffic on the A453 motorway near Nottingham early this morning. The power station is located on the A-road which is just off junction 24 on the M1.

The protest was part of an on-going dispute over pay cuts between a trade union and a subcontractor at the E.ON-owned coal plant and is at least the second protest this year, according to un…

This morning (Wednesday 11th January), electricians at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station joined a national day of action, the latest in a series of protests against a proposed working arrangement which they claim would see their wages cut by a third.