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BULLYING Argos bosses have botched the long-awaited launch of their latest catalogue by forcing warehouse workers into a walkout today against “sign or be sacked” contracts.
Managers bulldozed through new contracts for distribution staff that include draconian new conditions by showing dissenters the door.
But more than 1,000 determined Unite members began a strike this morning in a bid to get bosses around the table.
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Thousands to join ‘megapicket’ in solidarity with striking refuse workers in Birmingham
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As Birmingham’s refuse workers fight brutal pay cuts, Strike Map rallies mass solidarity, with unions, activists, and workers converging to defy scab labour and police intimidation. The message to Labour? Back workers or face rebellion, writes HENRY FOWLER and ROBERT POOLE
