Unite is delighted to announce that Nick Randall QC and John Carl Townsend have been appointed to investigate the possible collusion by union officers in blacklisting. Over the past months, evidence…Read more…
Spycops latest
In his opening statements, made today (November 6) on behalf of trade unions represented at the Undercover Policing Inquiry chaired by Judge Mittings, Lord John Hendy QC has revealed that undercover…Read more…
Construction firm accused of ‘union busting’
Construction contractor NG Bailey has been accused of undertaking ‘union busting’ and victimisation-type activities in a dispute over the payment of wages. NG Bailey has proposed to move from a…Read more…
Heroes and zeroes
Every Friday here on UniteLIVE, we bring you the latest heroes and zeroes amid the coronavirus crisis. Here are this week’s latest. HEROES easyJet and Dnata Catering members fighting for their…Read more…
Blacklisting? We’ve got an app for that
An app which rates the performance of asbestos workers could potentially be used to blacklist and discriminate against workers, Unite has warned.
The post Blacklisting? We’ve got an app for that…Read more…
Solidarity: A film about blacklisting
(My TUC tutor DAve Smith, was blacklisted from the construction industry and forced to retrain as a teacher. He said during the 1980s London building boom he was the only trained carpenter who had to rely on milk tokens to feed his family.)
West Ham …Read more…
‘What are they hiding?’
Unite will step up its campaign against union busting on the multi-billion pound HS2 project by holding a major demonstration tomorrow (October 4) outside of HS2 Euston site being operated by the…Read more…
‘Murdered by uncaring capitalism’
Unite general secretary addressed a packed Unite fringe last night, September 21 on working class miscarriages of justice. He said: Less than a week after the 2017 general election we watched…Read more…
‘Constant sense of worthlessness’
Concluding the long-running blacklisting case, the High Court heard today (May 17) statements from individual workers describing how blacklisting ruined their lives. From family breakdown to…Read more…
‘Historic’ settlement
Unite has settled its current long running blacklisting case against the construction companies who systematically ruined the lives of their workers. As part of the overall settlement, which…Read more…
‘Totally committed’ to justice
Unite is closing in on forcing Cullum McAlpine – one of the “key architects” behind the widespread blacklisting of construction workers by the infamous Consulting Association – to account for his…Read more…
‘Blacklisting payments’ row
Over 300 refuse collectors, working for Birmingham city council, have voted overwhelmingly for industrial action in the blacklisting dispute over payments made to refuse workers who did not support…Read more…
‘There can be no other way’
Unite delegate, EC member and construction worker Roy Bentham, who is also joint secretary of the Blacklist Support Group, shares his experience with blacklisting and the need to continue fighting in…Read more…
‘A complete disgrace’
As the TUC celebrates its 150th anniversary, the trade union movement looks back on its successes but also looks forward to the work that still needs to be done to ensure workers’ rights and…Read more…
Righting past wrongs
Delegates at Unite’s policy conference last week attended a lively fringe meeting on working class miscarriages of justice, chaired by Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail. The…Read more…
Police spy blacklisting scandal
Scotland Yard has today (March 23) admitted police officers sent to spy on trade unionists passed information to construction industry blacklisters – prompting a crescendo of demands for a full…Read more…
Read all about it!
As we begin a new year, UNITElive takes a look back at what you were reading last year. Below are the 10 most popular UNITElive stories of 2017 in reverse order. Thanks for reading! 10….Read more…
Manifesto Against Blacklisting
A new report published by independent think tank the Institute of
Employment Rights recommends a public inquiry is conducted into the blacklisting scandal, and sets out a Manifesto Against Blacklisting, proposing changes to the law, includin…Read more…
Blacklisting is the new blacklisting
The blacklisting scandal was first revealed in 2009, when it was discovered that thousands of construction workers were denied jobs, some for decades, because of trade union involvement, is far from…Read more…
Beating back the blacklisters
Unite construction members were among the dozens of trade unionists who descended on Parliament to demand justice for blacklisted workers on today’s (December 6) national day of action. …Read more…