Nearly 900 workers sacked at Total refinery in UK-BBC

LONDON, June 18 (Reuters) - Nearly 900 workers have been sacked at a strike-hit British oil refinery run by France's Total (TOTF.PA), the BBC reported on Thursday, citing trade union sources.

Some 1,200 contract workers walked off a construction project at the refinery last week in protest at planned redundancies, causing similar walkouts by contractors at some British power stations.

The Lindsey refinery processes about 223,000 barrels of crude oil per day, and production had not been affected by the construction workers' walkout. (Reporting by David Milliken)