TRADE unionists will join forces today as they stand in solidarity with a worker who was dismissed by food giant Sodexo for daring to organise.

Petrit Mihaj had worked for the catering group in London Underground’s canteens for over a decade when he was suddenly dismissed last year.

Members of transport workers’ union RMT will be holding a loud demonstration outside Sodexo’s head offices in central London this morning, together with a solidarity contingent from the TUC Black Workers’ Conference.

RMT Transport for London branch No 1 chairman Paul Rutland said the union had been organising these demonstrations for over a year because “Sodexo won’t budge or give him his job back.

“We just want to keep the pressure up on the bosses because it does annoy them.

“So we want to annoy them and show that we are not going away.”

An employment tribunal found Mr Mihaj was unfairly dismissed by Sodexo due to his role as an RMT representative.

And Mr Mihaj was not the only trade union organiser victimised by the French corporation — three of the RMT’s five reps were sacked by Sodexo, the other two handed disciplinary actions.

According to RMT figures, 10 per cent of its members have brought claims against Sodexo to employment tribunals and another 20 per cent have unresolved grievances.

Mr Mihaj said: “We are still going on with the campaign and we are still upsetting management.

“We haven’t given up — we’ve got nothing to lose.

“They try to ignore us but we keep embarrassing them and we keep turning up.

“As long as we can get a good group of people outside we are okay, we are pleased.”

The campaign for his reinstatement has gained some momentum this year as other trade unions logged grievances against the French corporation.

Probation workers’ union Napo will be joining the RMT at a May Day demonstration outside Sodexo’s offices after the company’s new contract in the probation services resulted in plans to scrap thousands of posts.

Last month, Napo general secretary Ian Lawrence labelled the cuts to services “downright dangerous,” arguing they would “put the public at risk.”