The sacked electricians in Manchester, who had staged one of the country's longest-running industrial disputes and had celebrity backing, were unfairly sacked, a tribunal decided in July. Steve Acheson, from Denton and the shop steward sacked with ten colleagues a year ago by DAF Electrical over claims that unskilled workers were hired on the cheap to carry out electrical work on the œ25m One Piccadilly Gardens development, called it "a massive win". He added, "This is a great victory not just for us, but for all those who supported us as well. You can't overstate the enormity of the victory and what it means. The Manchester public who donated to our campaign and signed our petition were fantastic. At times, with the weather and the hardship, it was very tough. But this was a principled stand and we were determined to see it through."
Steve Acheson (07930 241853)
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