The Tory government’s sinister agenda aiming to silence all opposition is having a harder time getting through the legislative process than some might have thought. After concessions and…Read more…
No justice, no peace
One chapter closed in the Royal Courts of Justice today (May 11) but another opened as the long fight for blacklisted workers continues. Although the case was settled – Unite helped secure…Read more…
Victory for blacklisted workers
Unite has secured a victory for hundreds of construction workers embroiled in the biggest blacklisting scandal in UK history, after the union has helped its members win more than £10m in…Read more…
Maximum justice
Unite is continuing to seek maximum compensation and justice for members ahead of a High Court trial next month over blacklisting in the construction industry. Britain’s biggest union…Read more…
The fight goes on
The alleged architect of the construction ‘blacklisting’ scandal, Cullum McAlpine, has declined to give evidence in the High Court case, due to start next month, to establish the extent of…Read more…
Site firms ordered to release blacklisting information
Hat tip TUC risks ,Dave Smith, who was blacklisted for many years is one of my former TUC tutors. At the height of the London building boom despite being a skilled carpenter he could not get a job due to his trade union activities. He and his fam…Read more…
Closer to justice
A High Court judge on Friday (January 22) ordered 30 construction firms including Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd and Balfour Beatty to disclose all emails and correspondence relating to blacklisting after…Read more…
Justice now call
Unite has welcomed the `unreserved apology’ from the Metropolitan Police to the seven women duped into relationships with undercover police officers specially assigned to infiltrate politically…Read more…
‘Unprecedented’ guilt admission
Over 260 blacklisted construction workers are on the verge of securing damages, which could total tens of millions, after Unite won an unprecedented admission of guilt from construction companies…Read more…
Demand the truth
Unite delegate Howard Sharpe spoke today (September 16) at the TUC in support of blacklisted trade unionists. “My story is the story of hundreds, maybe thousands, of other union activists,” he…Read more…
Labour’s new McCarthyism is already beyond a joke
MARK STEEL (second from left), canvassing for Labour. But denied a vote in leadership contest.
AS left-wing maverick Jeremy Corbyn continues his amazing race towards the Labour…Read more…
Just the tip of the iceberg?
‘Blacklisting’ in the construction industry must be investigated by the public inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales, Unite said today (Tuesday, July 28). Unite said that there…Read more…
Blacklisting: High Court case hearing
The road to justice for blacklisted construction workers continues as a hearing takes place today (July 14) at the High Court in preparation for a full trial scheduled for May of next year. It…Read more…
Secrets and Spies linked with blacklisting
WITH government ministers like Ian Duncan Smith anxiously insisting the results of their policies should be hidden behind secrecy, two stories illustrate the way police are guarding their right to…Read more…
Line in the sand
A Unite workplace rep – blacklisted by his employer, Interserve Industrial Services because of his union activities while working at a power station at Runcorn, Cheshire – has won his…Read more…
Secrecy, Blacklists and Whistleblowing
THE FIGHT FOR THE NHS
Charlotte Munro, public service whistleblower reinstated. Nice to win sometimes.
MORE questions have been raised than are being answered in the run-up to…Read more…
Blacklisting – still going on?
A damning new report by the Scottish Affairs Committee (SAC) published on Friday (March 27), found that construction companies involved in the blacklisting scandal have hardly atoned for their sins. It’s been six years since the Information Commissioner’s Office first discovered a database containing the names of more than 3,000 construction workers. Those […]
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