Construction unions Unite and GMB held a series of demonstrations on 12th April over the exploitation of workers. The protests focus on several Danish firms who are building of major energy from…Read more…
Undercutting must end
Construction unions Unite and GMB are to hold a series of demonstrations tomorrow (April 12) over the undercutting and exploitation of construction workers. The protests focus on several…Read more…
Stop Brexit pain
The consequences of a “hard” Brexit have been laid bare in a new report, which shows that manufacturing, agriculture, energy and construction are amongst the sectors which would be hardest hit….Read more…
Honour agreement call
Unite, the UK’s largest union for construction workers, has submitted a formal challenge to employers due to deep concerns about ‘worker competency’ at the Ferrybridge power station in Yorkshire….Read more…
‘We will not stand by’
One of the greatest problems afflicting construction workers is the problem of undercutting. Greedy bosses look to boost their profits by exploiting workers by paying them below industry…Read more…
‘Height of hypocrisy’
Members of Unite and GMB will on Monday (April 10) take their campaign to prevent undercutting of wages in the UK, to Denmark where the companies responsible are based. The pay rates of UK…Read more…
Safety bypass?
A major infrastructure project is being built on the backs of injured workers, as the Press and Journal revealed today (April 3) that one construction worker is hurt each week working on the £745m…Read more…
Sub-standard apprenticeships threat
Unite is warning the introduction of the new apprenticeship levy could be taken off course and lead to a sharp rise in sub-standard apprenticeships. Unite issued their warning after an…Read more…
‘Radical action’ call
Unite, the largest union for construction workers, is calling on the industry to take radical action to reduce the high number of suicides among its workforce. New analysis by the Office for…Read more…
Stop the exploiters
What with the budget shambles, the ongoing concerns over the future of the UK motor industry and the never ending Brexit saga, it was very easy to miss a very significant announcement this week by…Read more…
Culture change call
As people in the UK and the world over celebrate International Women’s Day today (March 8), Unite, the country’s largest construction union, will launch its Women in Construction Network on the first…Read more…
Dashing hopes of young must end
Today (Monday March 6) is the first day of National Apprenticeship Week, when industry and government indulges in back slapping and tells up how well they are doing at increasing apprenticeship…Read more…
Wage exploitation
Umbrella companies are a curse and in recent years they have spread from construction to many other sectors including logistics, warehousing, supply teaching and pharmaceuticals. Workers…Read more…
Recognise hard work call
Electricians, mechanical engineers and plumbers working on the new Whitechapel Crossrail station will receive productivity payments worth £867 a month thanks to their union Unite, the UK’s largest…Read more…
End blacklisting for good
Unite, the country’s biggest union for construction workers, renewed its demand for a public inquiry into blacklisting today (February 8) and backed calls by the Labour MP Chuka Umunna to strengthen…Read more…
‘Useful as a chocolate fireguard’
After six years of fiddling and relying on the so-called invisible hand of the market to correct industrial imbalances the government has finally published an industrial strategy. For the…Read more…
Work with us
Angry workers employed at Cape Industrial Services Limited on the Fellside CHP plant, based at Sellafield, in Cumbria are preparing to ratchet up industrial action in their long-running dispute over…Read more…
World Cup worker killed
Unite, the union for construction workers, called for an immediate and transparent investigation by the Qatar government today (January 20), following news that a British construction worker had died…Read more…
‘A strong sector in a strong union’
If there is any sector where workers certainly need a union it is construction – and now these workers will have even stronger protection at work. The merger of UCATT (the union for…Read more…
Uphold union rights call
Scotland’s biggest construction union has hit out after the First Minister failed to back union rights during a visit to a new hospital in Dumfries. The hospital is being built by a consortium…Read more…