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7 April 2021

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31 March 2021

British Gas workers strike ahead of 'fire and rehire' deadline

Thousands of British Gas engineers in the GMB union took strike action against before the deadline for the signing of new contracts, imposed through 'fire and rehire'.

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24 March 2021

Engineering workers strike against 'fire and rehire' in Leicester

Workers at SPS Technologies in Leicester have taken strike action against the company's 'fire and rehire' assault on their terms and conditions

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17 March 2021

Goodlord workers continue strike against 'fire and rehire'

Tenant-referencing workers at the tech company Goodlord in east London were again out on strike on 12 March against the company's attempts at 'fire and rehire'.

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10 March 2021

Strikers reject deal and carry on fighting

"We've told O'Shea to stick it!" - was the message to the British Gas CEO from the British Gas engineers' picket line in Leicester

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3 March 2021

Tech workers walk out against 'fire and rehire'

Tenant-referencing workers at the tech company Goodlord in east London were out on strike on 1 March against the company's fire-and-rehire scheme.

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3 March 2021

Manchester indefinite bus strike against 'fire and rehire'

Socialist Party members supported the hundreds of bus drivers in Manchester who are on strike over proposed changes by private company Go North West

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3 March 2021

1981: New Cross Massacre

On 2 March 1981, 20,000 young black people demonstrated in London against police and Tory government failures over the deadly New Cross fire which occurred on 18 January of that year.

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3 March 2021

British Gas strike

Around 7,000 British Gas engineers, members of the GMB trade union, are continuing their strike action because the company bosses have refused to withdraw their 'fire and rehire' contract which would leave workers on worse pay and conditions

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24 February 2021

GMB members continue fight against 'fire and rehire' in British Gas

British Gas workers were back out on strike from 19 February after their strike was suspended over the previous weekend for talks.

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17 February 2021

Tory cladding money will not make us safe

Despite the horrific scenes at Grenfell almost four years ago, around 700,000 people in the UK are still living in buildings fitted with combustible cladding

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10 February 2021

Striking workers fighting to win

British Gas engineers were on the pickets again on 5 Feb

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10 February 2021

London fire victims lobby Tory mayoral candidate

When Tory London mayoral candidate Shaun Bailey tweeted his opposition to a levy on building firms to solve the desperate problem of flammable cladding, residents in housing with unsafe cladding, and those already victims of fires, were furious and organised a virtual lobby

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Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

27 January 2021

Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

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27 January 2021

British Gas engineers continue strike against fire-and-rehire plans

"You need to support this because you could be next"

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Grenfell fire demonstrators, 17.6.17; Are we any closer to justice? photo Mary Finch

27 January 2021

British Gas engineers on strike in Liverpool, photo by Neill Dunne

The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC) is 'up and running' for the May 2021 elections

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20 January 2021

New Cross Gate fire 40 years ago

Forty years ago, on 18 January, a fire started deliberately by suspected racists swept through a house where a 16th birthday party was being celebrated by young black people in New Cross Gate, south east London

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