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It was like a scene from the 1970s. Construction workers at the Lindsey Oil Refinery in Lincolnshire walking out on unofficial strike.

At the heart of their wildcat action the decision by an Italian contractor to bring in its own workforce.

Within two days a local dispute had snowballed into mass sympathy protests across the UK.

Here in Wales, contract construction workers walked out at Aberthaw power station near Barry and the two LNG plants in Milford Haven.

The claims were of loopholes in European law and - with several major construction projects on the way to Wales - of the lack of a level playing field for British workers.

But were the roots of the dispute closer to home - as much to do with short comings in the skills of the British workforce as European law?

This week's Eye on Wales captures the events of last week and explores how a local dispute in Lincolnshire lead to walk-outs in Wales.