British Gas Workers Vote In Favour Of Strike
4:12pm UK, Tuesday March 23, 2010
British Gas workers have voted in favour of strikes over claims of “macho management” at the company, the GMB union has announced.
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The union stated 82% of those who voted backed walkouts – a result it branded “an appalling indictment of the management culture”.
Workers were also asked whether they would support industrial action short of a strike, with 90% registering a ‘yes’ vote.
More than 61% of the 8,000 workers balloted turned out for the vote.
The union has given British Gas a week to respond before deciding its next move.
GMB national secretary Gary Smith said: “There is a bullying management culture which has developed under the current leadership in British Gas and our people are absolutely sick to the back teeth of it.
“They do not want to be under pressure to be sales persons, they do not want to be forced to sell products and energy.
“They want to focus on the core business, which is about maintaining people’s gas appliances and ensuring they work safely.”
British Gas stated it was disappointed by the ballot result and blasted the union over what it called “false accusations and scaremongering”.
Matthew Bateman, the company’s director of heating services, said: “The GMB has still not told us the grounds for this dispute, even though we have asked for this information several times.
“We have robust contingency plans in place to make sure our service to customers is unaffected, and we remain committed to speaking with the GMB and avoiding this unnecessary industrial action.”
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