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23-01-2021, 03:46 PM | #1 | |||
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British Gas
wants to be Fire and Re-Hire, new contracts. The Union Man and British Gas Engineer was talking Live on Times Radio DAB Ayesha Hazarika show. A Labour MP (Andy McDonald) said changing contracts is wrong. Live Now https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/live https://www.getreading.co.uk/news/re...trica-19680108 [British Gas engineers launch fresh wave of strikes in January and February in pay and conditions row as they claim first walkouts lead to backlog of 100,000 appointments Thousands of members of the GMB union walked out on Wednesday and will strike again later this month and in February British Gas said 'strong contingency plans' in place amid appointment backlog The GMB accused British Gas of a 'fire and rehire' police which would lead to a pay cut and longer working week for its members] https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...tions-row.html Last edited by arista; 18-04-2021 at 04:17 PM. |
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23-01-2021, 03:54 PM | #2 | |||
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Quand il pleut, il pleut
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...is this the story, Arista...?...
https://www.counterfire.org/news/220...sham-contracts ..it sounds outrageous to fire and rehire with new contracts with a deteriorated pay and working condition terms... |
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23-01-2021, 04:07 PM | #3 | |||
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Contracts to be Changed. Nothing in 2021 is the Same. |
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23-01-2021, 04:42 PM | #4 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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I can’t see how their business has been affected so much in the pandemic looks like they are using it though?
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23-01-2021, 04:50 PM | #5 | |||
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[British Gas engineers have begun a five-day strike
from Thursday in a dispute over new contracts. Thousands of staff have walked out in response to an attempt by the firm to push through pay cuts by threatening to fire workers, union GMB said. It accused Centrica owner British Gas of provoking the strike. Centrica said it had done everything it could to avoid a strike, adding it would prioritise vulnerable households and emergencies during the walkout. Justin Bowden, GMB national secretary, said: "GMB members from Land's End to John O'Groats have stayed home, stayed safe and supported the first national gas strike in a decade. "The months and months of fire and rehire pay cut threats from British Gas CEO Chris O'Shea have provoked thousands and thousands of GMB engineers and call centre staff to strike, the only option left to them by a business that made Ł901m operating profit yet still plans to sack them because they won't accept the scale of cuts it demands," he added. Some British Gas workers have taken to social media to voice their support for the strike.] https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-55562904 Last edited by arista; 23-01-2021 at 04:54 PM. |
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23-01-2021, 04:50 PM | #6 | ||
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British Gas however are a disgrace. In my view anyway. Last edited by joeysteele; 23-01-2021 at 04:50 PM. |
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23-01-2021, 04:53 PM | #7 | |||
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The CEO Chris O'Shea wants to keep his profits this new Fire and maybe Re Hire (with new contact) Is a Worldwide problem, Cherie. Another Example VirginMedia now Owned by a Greedy American(Liberty Global CEO Mike Fries) Phone them - its a dodgy sounding internet line India All UK contracts in his Division have changed. Last edited by arista; 24-01-2021 at 02:53 AM. |
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23-01-2021, 05:07 PM | #8 | |||
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23-01-2021, 05:13 PM | #9 | ||
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It's a loophole; if you were supposed to be able to make sweeping contract changes like this then it would just be possible to do so. Fire and re-hire to force a contract change should be illegal. They used it as a threat multiple times when I worked for a ****ty large company but never actually pulled the trigger because the threat was always enough to get most people to sign. They got 99% of employees to sign away their 1.5x overtime with that crap. I kept mine until the day I left . They'd already used the same trick to get everyone to sign away their 1.5x Sundays but that was about 6 months before I started so I never had those in the first place. Sigh.
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23-01-2021, 05:23 PM | #10 | |||
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Yes but only Labour would do that. Last edited by arista; 23-01-2021 at 05:31 PM. |
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23-01-2021, 05:26 PM | #11 | ||
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I didn't sign Arista, I kept my overtime multiplier. They intimidated the vast majority into signing, tried again with those of us who didn't for a few more months, and then it was rarely mentioned again. It did come up once or twice; usually if there was a change of senior management... But they had moved on to other concerns and didn't really care much.
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23-01-2021, 05:31 PM | #12 | |||
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Yes Better I guess if you were there now they may have got you in a corner re-sign or bugger off. |
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23-01-2021, 05:53 PM | #13 | ||
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Something I'd always be against and would want made illegal to do.
That's a pretty sick kind of normal in my view. Last edited by joeysteele; 23-01-2021 at 06:14 PM. |
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23-01-2021, 05:57 PM | #14 | |||
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self-oscillating
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British Airways tried to do it and other have done it. I think its totally wrong
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24-01-2021, 02:51 AM | #15 | |||
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25-01-2021, 06:27 PM | #16 | |||
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Labour MP (Andy McDonald)
is now talking about this Live In Parliament Employment Rights Debate Last edited by arista; 25-01-2021 at 06:30 PM. |
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25-01-2021, 06:30 PM | #17 | ||
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15-04-2021, 12:57 AM | #18 | |||
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BBC Text: ["British Gas disgrace" is the headline on the Daily Mirror's front page, which reports that hundreds of engineers who refused to accept new contracts on lower pay have been sacked. The paper calls it a "fire and rehire scandal" and pictures one sacked worker setting fire to his contract.] |
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18-04-2021, 03:54 PM | #19 | |||
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Fire and Hire again under less pay contract
is now going around supermarkets and all other firms. They Blame Covid |
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18-04-2021, 04:01 PM | #20 | |||
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This Witch doesn't burn
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How have supermarket profits been hit by covid, being the only shops opened for months plus panic buying early on, it’s a mystery
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18-04-2021, 04:09 PM | #21 | |||
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Yes some Supermarkets have done well. But some Big Supermarkets like Tesco are now restructuring. Most take a pay cut, or someone else takes their job. |
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18-04-2021, 04:10 PM | #22 | |||
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self-oscillating
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supermarkets are saying that it cost a fortune to make everything covid safe
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18-04-2021, 04:10 PM | #23 | |||
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18-04-2021, 04:42 PM | #24 | |||
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POW! BLAM!
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Maybe they should "fire and rehire" the fatcats and paper-pushers rather than the people who do actual work?
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18-04-2021, 05:33 PM | #25 | |||
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No the High Up are safe as they take all the choices Meanwhile in China they have a rebound as all workers took pay cuts as so many are ready to take their place. And of Course the Slaves Evil China is using (Former Strict Muslims) Ref:TRTworldHD , WION HD Last edited by arista; 18-04-2021 at 06:04 PM. |
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