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LABOUR rail minister threatened a company with severe financial and reputational damage if they didn't fire one engineer for doing his job. It's great to see New New Labour being so pro-worker...
I am of the opinion no government minister should have the right to threaten government contracts over demads of a companies HR department on an indevidual.
And have written to my MP demanding he question the government o. This.
But if you. Read the letter. The engineer made declararions to the independent news paper.
PR is not his job. Ad engineer is not employed to make media anouncments as part of their job.
His actions were a personall choice. One I fully support.
But. Not part of his job.
If you read lord henly letter. (Linkked to in the article) the Minister is claiming this engineer is critisizing the companies clienr network rail.
This is false. He is commenting on train ovee crowding. This is not a network rail task. The tracks are their job.
It is instead a government job.
One they follow for animal welfare. As trains have limits for transporting animals.
No such laws exist for human transport.
So it is very very much the ministers department and parliment the enlgineer is critisizing. And a clear freedom of speach issue.
Please everyone write to your MP insisteing they question the government on this.