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| Blackpool North rail strike over 'hand gel' sacking | |
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| Rail staff at a Lancashire station are on strike this weekend after a worker was sacked for allegedly putting hand gel in a supervisor's coffee cup. | |
| Chad Vickers was fired from his post at Blackpool North "with little regard for due process", the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said. | Chad Vickers was fired from his post at Blackpool North "with little regard for due process", the Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) said. |
| It added that the police found "no evidence at all" and his removal by Northern Rail was a "farce". | It added that the police found "no evidence at all" and his removal by Northern Rail was a "farce". |
| The rail operator said it was "confident this dismissal was fair". | The rail operator said it was "confident this dismissal was fair". |
| Adrian Thompson, human resources director for the firm, added he was "disappointed" with the decision to hold a 48-hour strike - which started on Saturday midnight - and that there would be a full service this weekend. | |
| "We never rush to dismiss our staff. Dismissal is always a last resort," he said. | "We never rush to dismiss our staff. Dismissal is always a last resort," he said. |
| RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "There is no compelling CCTV evidence, the police found no forensic evidence and management could come up with very little in anecdotal evidence to support the decision to dismiss Chad." | RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: "There is no compelling CCTV evidence, the police found no forensic evidence and management could come up with very little in anecdotal evidence to support the decision to dismiss Chad." |