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Daniel Caie is a former service and repair engineer with British Gas.
Today, British Gas sacked hundreds of engineers who refused to sign contracts with vastly inferior terms and conditions – one of the sacked workers writes for Tribune about the strike, its lessons and the urgent need to outlaw ‘fire and rehire.’
Thousands of British Gas engineers face the sack this month if they don’t accept worse terms and conditions – it is a landmark ‘fire and rehire’ case that has implications for every worker in Britain.
A striking British Gas engineer writes for Tribune about the fight against ‘fire and rehire,’ how the company has tried to squeeze its workers on the picket line – and why solidarity was the best form of defence.