MPs lined up to call for a public inquiry into blacklisting and for Sir Robert McAlpine to be stripped of the contract to refurbish Big Ben during a 5 September parliamentary debate. Blacklisting…Read more…
Blacklist campaigner highlights injustice
Only one person has been prosecuted for their criminal culpability in the blacklisting scandal, with not a single construction director behind the illegal operation having faced charges. However, Ian…Read more…
Undercover police spied on rail union activists
Research by the Blacklist Support Group (BSG) has revealed that an undercover police officer masqueraded as a union activist to spy on members of the rail union RMT. Photographic evidence unearthed…Read more…
Blacklisting firms face a £75m bill
Eight of the country’s biggest construction firms have agreed to pay an estimated £50m in compensation to blacklisted workers, equating to an average payout of £65,000 to each of the 771 workers….Read more…
Blacklisting ‘wretches’ pay out millions in compensation after BSG led campaign
Hundreds of workers who were blacklisted by large firms in an illegal conspiracy have won compensation following a long-running lawsuit. Last week approximately 420 trade unionists secured damages…Read more…
Blacklisting exposes Trade Union Bill’s folly
Britain’s blacklisting scandal, which saw thousands of construction union reps victimised or denied work for raising safety concerns, provides ‘clear proof’ of the dangers posed by the government’s…Read more…
‘Guilty as sin’ site firms try to buy silence
Victims of a construction industry blacklist which targeted union safety activists have been awarded up to £200,000 compensation for having their working lives blighted. The Mirror reports that so…Read more…
Site firms ordered to release blacklisting information
A High Court judge has ordered 30 construction firms, including Sir Robert McAlpine and Balfour Beatty, to disclose all emails and correspondence linked to blacklisting of union reps and safety…Read more…
Carillion apologises for blacklisting – then chases blacklisted worker for legal costs
Troubled construction giant Carillion has been branded a hypocrite after they claimed thousands of pounds of legal costs from a blacklisted worker only days after issuing an unreserved apology in the…Read more…
Blacklisted workers apply for ‘core participant’ status in government-ordered undercover policing inquiry
The Blacklist Support Group (BSG) is applying to the Home Office for ‘core participant’ status in the Pitchford public inquiry into failures in undercover policing set up by Teresa…Read more…
High Court hears blacklist firms destroyed evidence
There was stunned silence followed by audible gasps in the High Court when a barrister read out documentary evidence indicating that major firms had deliberately set out to destroy evidence of their…Read more…
Environmental activists targeted by illegal blacklister support blacklisted workers in High Court battle
Environmental activists who were on a construction industry blacklist have spoken out in support of a High Court case against companies involved. On 14 May 2015, the blacklisting group litigation…Read more…
Covert police unit spied on union members
An undercover police unit that monitored political groups over a 40 year period gathered intelligence on members of at least five trade unions, a whistleblower has revealed. Former undercover police…Read more…
Blacklisted – the book
A new book, ‘Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists’, delivers a searing indictment of the collusion between the state and the construction industry that saw…Read more…
Blundering CIPD official in the firing line
A top official of the professional body for human resources managers has found himself in the firing line after telling a conference that blacklisting of trade unionists is a “big fuss about very…Read more…