Talk:Irem (construction company)

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I'm afraid the article is extremely biased. The strikers organizers have said themselves that IREM is using it's own existing core workforce. So IREM has done nothing wrong. I mean, obviously IREM will use it's own people if humanly possible, duh! How could IREM even bid competently without using their own workers?

For example I gather that IREM is paying national rate plus providing accommodations, which I doubt is deducted from pay, while the original contractor Shaws would pay only national rate, so IREM's workers are likely costing more. If so, then IREM must either have more confidence in their workforce or else face work shortages from the recession at home. Indeed, the most likely situation is that IREM underbid Shaws specifically because they feel threatened by the recession at home.

I also see no evidence for wrongdoing on the part of Total since they we're likely forced by E.U. law to open the contract for E.U. wide bids and IREM won the bid form Shaws fair & square. So we're likely seeing an unexpected consequence of E.U. laws, British workers suffer more during recessions because European firms will take greater risks to protect their employees from layoffs, etc.