New strike at British Gas

Thousands of British Gas workers will strike for a second time this week as the company faces seven days of action.

GMB members at the company will strike on 20, 22, 25, 29, 30, 31 January and 1 February. They are protesting against parent company Centrica’s cuts to pay and terms and conditions.

Justin Bowden, GMB national secretary, commented: “In the face of growing employee and customer discontent, and after the first round of the biggest and most successful gas strike in decades, the management of profitable British Gas continue to bury their heads in the sand.

“British Gas workers have already rejected pay cuts on pain of fire and rehire, yet in the face of condemnation across the political spectrum, [Centrica CEO] Chris O’Shea refuses to listen to his workforce, despite Centrica being a company of underlying profitability.”

https://www.gmb.org.uk/news/fresh-seven-day-strike-british-gas-fire-rehire