Thanks for the replies..
He wants to keep his job and be able to do it.. He went armed with emails etc to the meeting and had a pad to take notes all of which surprised his manager, He let his manager talk and then responded, and mostly his manager didn't respond and went quiet which is when the p.a chimed in..
All of this has happened since he said he will no longer be using his own equipment.. The fact that his has missed training as he was told he had to cover, has paid all his own travel for 2 + years, bought a fridge on a site as it was needed for a customer moving in, tries to fix or get fixed.( he gets on very well with the trades) problems when those higher up couldn't get it done, being sent from site to site to cover holidays etc When according to them he is only a trainee..( was sent a letter saying he would get 3k bonus, then told no as only a trainee) seems to count for nothing.
I have worked on a site with this manager.. the newly appointed site manager there used to say I'm getting no support, I need help etc his immediate manager was my sons manager ( i know a lot of managers)
He got his charger today... shame they didn't do this 4 months ago... we will have to wait for the outcome of the meeting.
Not to worried about referees... he knows plenty of site managers who would willingly give him a reference and a job if he was closer..