On 18 August, The Sunday Times published an article: Essar bids for British oil refinery in Shell auction. It revealed that Essar, the Indian energy, steel and shipping group, has made a bid for Royal Dutch Shells Stanlow refinery at Ellesmere Port
The unionised group at the refinery held a general meeting last night regarding the plan, under the Voser restructuring process, to sell the refinery (and its workers) to the highest bidder. A related self-explanatory leaked email is published below.
A unanimous decision was taken that in the event of a sale, the membership will fight to maintain all current terms and conditions, including pension entitlements, which Shell have insisted will not be transferred under the TUPE agreement to the prospective buyers. Potential bidders include a consortium led by the National Oil Corporation of Libya.
Union representatives met this morning with Frank Willsdon, Stanlow General Manager, to convey the result of the general meeting and to ask that he makes the Stanlow sales team aware of this development, so that interested parties are fully aware of the developing situation.
LEAKED EMAIL
—–Original Message—–
From: Wood, Ron P SUKOP-OMP/11/06
Sent: 09 September 2009 21:48
To:
Subject: General Meeting Result
All,
At the General Meeting held tonight Alan Rowlands gave a report back on our recent visit this week to meet with our Ineos, Grangemouth colleagues. The advice and information we have received from them has been invaluable in preparing us for the forthcoming negotiations we will be having.
Following a lengthy debate the following resolution was made.
“We the members of the collective bargaining agreement are resolved that in the event of any sale of Stanlow by Shell to a third party we will fight all proposed changes on any issue, especially our pensions entitlements, that would in any way be detrimental to our members.”
This was accepted, without abstention, by all in attendance.
Regards,
Ron Wood
Branch Secretary NW/428 UnitetheUnion
www.unitetheunion.com
Stanlow Manufacturing Complex, PO Box 3, Ellesmere Port, South Wirral CH65 4HB, United Kingdom
Tel: +44(0)151 350 4500
Email: [email protected]
Internet: http://www.shell.com/uk
Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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A head-cut image of Alfred Donovan (now deceased) appears courtesy of The Wall Street Journal.
