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THERE will always be a role in the workplace for well run trade unions that stand up for their members and promote better working conditions and job security. However, trade unions are facing an uphill struggle at present. Gone are the monolithic North East industries of shipbuilding, coalmining and steelmaking, once employing tens of thousands of workers and where trade unionism found its home. Those days, like the 20th Century, are no longer here. Today, only about 13 per cent of the private sector workforce are in a trade union. Trade union membership is also aging, with younger people not joining. And some employers discourage membership, showing their own short-sightedness in the process.
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.