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UNITE claimed victory today after bosses backed down over threats to fire and rehire striking dock workers in Kent.
Further industrial action by the staff at Sheerness who are employed by car importers GB Terminals has now been called off after four days of walkouts in January.
More than 30 workers who process Volkswagen Group vehicles at the dock would have been affected by management plans to change minimum overtime hours by forcing new contracts on them, Unite had warned.
General secretary Sharon Graham said: “GB Terminals staff beat back the threat of fire and rehire by taking collective action as members of Unite.
“As a union where defending our members’ jobs, pay and conditions is always front and centre, the abhorrent practice of fire and rehire is an anathema that Unite will never fail to stand up to.”
Discussions over potential job cuts are continuing, but the union said it is confident that a solution will be found.
