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MORE than 200 rail maintenance workers in Doncaster launched their second round of strike action against fire and rehire today.
Members of Unite and rail union RMT at the site, owned by US-based transnational Wabtec staged their first stoppage for four days from June 10 and have walked out again in a dispute over new contracts that would cut breaks and mean working extra hours for no pay.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said the company is the latest in the line of bad bosses to use the disgraced tactic of fire and rehire to sack and re-employ workers on lower wages and worse conditions.
RMT general secretary Mick Lynch said Wabtec has behaved appallingly.
The Doncaster workers maintain and repair rail stock, including carriages and wheels.
Wabtec said it had been negotiating “flexible working” for more than a year.
The company’s clients including Angel Trains, VTG, Nacco Group, Freightliner KFA, GB Railfreight, DB Schencker and Siemens.
