The Green Party Trade Union Group expressed solidarity with GMB members as they take strike action over British Gas’ fire-and-rehire tactics.
Fire-and-rehire is a tactic used by bosses to erode hard-won pay and conditions, by dismissing and rehiring workers on worse conditions.
The group wrote to the GMB, saying:
“Green Party Trade Union group sends its support to GMB strikers at British Gas. British Gas engineers perform a vital role in keeping everyone’s homes warm’ a service which is vital in midwinter in a pandemic lockdown to keep vulnerable people healthy. British Gas’ proposals to rehire are an abuse of a vital workforce who deserve to be respected and properly valued.”