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‘Protect construction workers’ demand

Apr 28, 2022By UNITElive

Construction union Unite is demanding that leading construction clients and principal contractors ensure that all workers on their projects are fully protected by death and injury insurance – or be…Read more…

Apr 28, 2022UNITElive

Fair pay call at Leeds construction project

Mar 7, 2022By UNITElive

Construction unions Unite and GMB have launched a campaign to ensure that workers employed on a new waste-to-energy plant at Skelton Grange, Leeds are paid the correct rate for the job. Over 500…Read more…

Mar 7, 2022UNITElive

Construction workers pursue pay rise

Feb 2, 2022By UNITElive

Unions, led by Unite, the UK’s leading construction union, have submitted a pay claim to the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) seeking a 10 per cent pay increase in a bid to redress pay cuts…Read more…

Feb 2, 2022UNITElive

Carillion four years on

Jan 14, 2022By UNITElive

Exactly four years ago, Carillion – a giant construction and services empire built on hoovering huge government contracts – spectacularly collapsed, with a debt pile of £7bn and only £29m left in the…Read more…

Jan 14, 2022UNITElive

‘An act of industrial vandalism’

Nov 18, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has today (November 18) described the government’s decision to cancel the HS2 spur to Leeds as an ‘act of industrial vandalism’.

The post <strong>‘An act of industrial…Read more…

Nov 18, 2021UNITElive

HS2 safety fears

Sep 30, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has blamed a recent spate of serious accidents on the HS2 tunnelling and track laying project in London, on a refusal to allow the union to speak to workers and a resulting dearth of safety…Read more…

Sep 30, 2021UNITElive

End union busting at HS2

Aug 9, 2021By UNITElive

Unite construction members staged a significant protest at outside the HS2 Skanska-Costain-Strabag Joint Venture site on Friday (August 6) over the consortium’s flouting of the HS2 agreement by not…Read more…

Aug 9, 2021UNITElive

HS2 Euston protest

Aug 5, 2021By UNITElive

A joint venture company consisting of Skanska-Costain-Strabag that is seriously hindering legitimate trade union access to construction workers building the Euston tunnels of the HS2 railway have…Read more…

Aug 5, 2021UNITElive

Scrapping of electrician deskilling plans welcomed

Jun 9, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has welcomed the announcement by contractors Balfour Beatty and NG Bailey that they remain committed to the Joint Industry Board (JIB) agreement and the training of fully qualified…Read more…

Jun 9, 2021UNITElive

‘Landmark agreement’

Jun 1, 2021By UNITElive

Construction unions Unite and GMB have secured the first access agreement for the massive HS2 development. The agreement has been signed between the unions and the Mace/Dragados joint venture company…Read more…

Jun 1, 2021UNITElive

Secret shame of Crossrail’s way to boost profits

Apr 22, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has learned that secret changes to the way procurement rules operate on the heavily delayed Crossrail project mean that contractors are able to ignore previous rules and boost their profits by…Read more…

Apr 22, 2021UNITElive

Safeguards needed on hi-tech work monitoring

Mar 31, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that safeguards must be fully implemented in workplaces to protect workers from the ‘unintended consequences’ of hi-tech monitoring following the promotion of this latest equipment…Read more…

Mar 31, 2021UNITElive

Keeping those afloat from going adrift

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Unite warned today (March 1) that plans by the London Resort – the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary – to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Cruise ship accommodation plan warning

Mar 1, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that plans by the London Resort, the Disney style theme park due to be built in the Kent estuary, to house 2,000 construction workers at Tilbury in Essex, requires full consultation,…Read more…

Mar 1, 2021UNITElive

Crossrail investigation call

Feb 25, 2021By UNITElive

Unite is demanding that Crossrail takes immediate action to ensure that taxpayers money stops being misused and workers denied basic employment rights, on the troubled public sector rail project in…Read more…

Feb 25, 2021UNITElive

Redundancy rights win

Feb 9, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has secured an important victory over the union’s right to be notified of redundancies following a ruling regarding workers employed at the Stanlow Oil Refinery in Cheshire. In April 2020, the…Read more…

Feb 9, 2021UNITElive

HS2 social distancing helmets warning

Feb 3, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that hi tech hard hats which sound a warning when workers come within two metres of each other, should not be used as a disciplinary tool but as an education device. Unite issued its…Read more…

Feb 3, 2021UNITElive

Portsmouth council ‘recklessly putting workers and tenants at risk’

Feb 2, 2021By UNITElive

Portsmouth council has been accused of needlessly exposing its council housing tenants and outsourced workers to potential exposure to Covid-19. Unite has become increasingly alarmed that workers at…Read more…

Feb 2, 2021UNITElive

‘Recipe for tragedy’

Jan 29, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has warned that forcing construction workers in London onto bikes is potentially dangerous. Unite issued its warning after Transport for London (TfL) issued travel advice for construction…Read more…

Jan 29, 2021UNITElive

Make travel to work safer call

Jan 20, 2021By UNITElive

Unite has long called on the government to take action to ensure those who are still travelling to work are safe amid the pandemic. Unite national officer Jerry Swain told LBC this week (January 19)…Read more…

Jan 20, 2021UNITElive
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