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Lee Fowler, who has been dismissed by the electrical contractor Bilfinger after he raised safety issues at the Cargill's Refinery site in Merseyside
A VETERAN activist against worker blacklisting has been sacked from his job as an electrical contractor after raising safety concerns, campaigners said today.
Lee Fowler, who has fought for workers’ health and safety for more than 30 years, was dismissed by contractor Bilfinger after he warned about working conditions at food production firm Cargill’s refinery site in Merseyside, the Blacklist Support Group said.
The Unite union member also helped four co-workers win a pay boost before his sacking, said the group, which described Mr Fowler as one of its “leading members,” having first been blacklisted after becoming an offshore oil safety rep in the early 1990s.
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