Energy workers put a spoke in Putin’s war machine

As the world looks on with horror at the unfolding war in Ukraine, one group of UNISON members found themselves faced with the prospect of handling an import into the UK from Russia.
The energy workers are employed by the National Grid at its Isle of Grain terminal on the Medway Estuary, the UK’s leading terminal for the import of liquefied natural gas.
Arriving chilled to -160˚C in ships from around the world, it has to be pumped into the site’s tanks – some, the size of