Costain/Skanska labelled Scrooge employers as ‘Turkey truce’ offer given ‘the bird’ at fresh HS2 protest
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Costain/Skanska labelled Scrooge employers as ‘Turkey truce’ offer given ‘the bird’ at fresh HS2 protest
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Research by Unite has found that workers in the transport sector are being routinely denied access to toilets, which is creating health issues and in some cases forcing workers to leave their jobs….Read more…
Unite, the UK’s construction union, has accused the joint venture company Costain/Skanska (CSJV) of union busting in their attempts to block a union official from its Bond Street Crossrail station…Read more…
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…
On the final day of the TUC Conference (Wednesday, September 11), Congress overwhelmingly passed an emergency motion demanding that HS2 takes immediate action to allow unions access to workers…Read more…
This week (September 6) marks 600 days since the collapse of Carillion on January 15, 2018 when the construction and outsourcing giant was forced into compulsory liquidation with liabilities of £7bn…Read more…
Unite has accused Merseyside police of being heavy handed with union activists protesting against working conditions at a construction site near Ellesmere Port.
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Unite’s campaign against bogus self-employment extends through all regions and sectors. In June, the union’s Regional Officer for Construction in the ROI, Tom Fitzgerald, told a parliamentary…Read more…
The London Borough of Barking and Dagenham is the first council in the capital to throw its weight behind Unite’s pioneering Construction Charter. Construction firms planning to work on…Read more…
Unite has given a cautious welcome to a new initiative by the Construction industry Training board (CITB) designed to help ensure trainee bricklayers gain the necessary qualifications to work in the…Read more…
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…
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…
Campaigners are one step closer to overturning the wrongful convictions of 24 building workers arrested for trade union activity in the early 1970s.
The Shrewsbury 24 Campaign, supported and funded…Read more…
Unite members across the UK came together to mark International Worker’s Memorial Day (IWMD) at the weekend on Sunday, April 28, to pay tribute to those who have died in work. Unite…Read more…
Every year on April 28 on Workers Memorial Day, Unite joins workers across the world to pay tribute to those who have tragically died at work – many under unsafe working conditions. Today we…Read more…
Unite today (April 26) held a demonstration at the troubled HS2, Costain/Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV) at Euston, as concerns grow about the treatment of the workforce. The Unite demonstrators,…Read more…
Crossrail failures must not be repeated on other major infrastructure projects
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The Building and Allied Trades Joint Industrial Council (BATJIC) has agreed a one-year deal involving a 2.75 per cent pay rise to come into effect in June 2019. This is a result of the successful…Read more…
Unite has expressed its anger and dismay after commitments to ensure that workers on the HS2 project would receive the correct overtime rates were reneged on. Last month Unite exposed how…Read more…
In a major boost for construction projects in the West Midlands, Sandwell Council and Birmingham City Council will officially have signed a Unite Charter today (April 9) protecting construction…Read more…