Grangemouth oil workers have launched an advertising campaign detailing their reasons for strike action.

Several print advertisements have appeared newspapers across Scotland telling of the employees’ reluctance at taking industrial action and arguing that they felt they were left with no option other than to strike to save their pensions.

Unite National Officer, Phil McNulty said: “A lot of untruths have been peddled about the reasons for this strike. Our members have been accused of being greedy and irresponsible but this strike is not about getting more money from their employer or an attack on the ordinary people of Scotland. The Grangemouth workers are having to strike to defend their existing pension scheme which, despite the fact it is well-funded and in profit, their hugely rich employer, Ineos, wants to close it."