Reporting Change?4 Mar 2021 08:30
Goodness me So the strikers try to screw the BG board by taking the money then break a deal.
Many engineers signed the intention, feeling that they were ‘hedging their bets’ as they hadn’t technically signed the new contract – they would still be allowed to strike, and would have something of a cushion to soften the blow of the industrial action. The bung was paid on the proviso of signing the contract by 5 February.
But contrary to the company’s expectations, many of those who stated their intention to sign the new contract by Christmas became emboldened by the solidarity of the strike action, and chose to run down the deadline without signing. As a consequence, those engineers were hit badly in their February pay. On top of the days lost through strike action, the company deducted £2,000 from their wages.
If a profit-making multinational corporation can pull off ‘fire and rehire’ and downgrade its workforce’s conditions under the guise of pandemic hardship, then there’s no stopping other companies from following suit.
Strikers, But BG is not making any profits, that’s the difference.