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British Gas engineers denounce GMB union for claiming “victory” after 500 lose their jobs The GMB union this week formally ended its dispute with British Gas, farcically claiming that it has won a “new, improved pay deal” in “gruelling negotiations”. The engineers involved were incensed by such lies. The reality is that the dispute ended months ago in April, with the GMB overseeing a sellout in which almost 500 workers were sacked, and the rest of the workforce forced to accept inferior terms and conditions. After 42 days of strike action, British Gas was able to enforce its “fire & rehire” contracts, including a 15 percent pay cut by the April 14 deadline. In late March, the GMB had already instructed around 7,000 British Gas engineers that they had no other option other than to sign an ultimatum contract from the company. Almost 500 workers who refused to sign the inferior contacts were fired, with no opposition from the union.

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