Industrial action 'a certainty' as owner of Scottish Gas demands staff accept changes to working conditions

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Scottish Gas workers have balloted for industrial action in a row that could lead to hundreds of staff going out on strike in a dispute over conditions.Centrica, which owns the utilities giant, last month said it could fire and rehire its entire UK-wide workforce of 20,000 if they didn’t agree to changes to their contracts.The firm - which has more than 1,000 workers based north of the Border - claimed such a bold move was only an "insurance policy" but issued statutory HR1 and s188 notices which state the process could begin as early as the end of November.The GMB union is now balloting its 10,000 members who work for Centrica on whether they would back industrial action, with voting beginning this week.One British Gas engineer from.