Unite has lambasted the government’s handling of the collapse of Carillion five months after the firm’s implosion — 3,000 workers remain in limbo and vital public sector construction projects…Read more…
‘Race to the bottom’
Unite has new evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to slash pay rates on the troubled £800 million energy from waste project at Park Adfer in Deeside North Wales. Last week (May 30) hundreds of…Read more…
‘Step in right direction’
Construction workers operating under the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) agreement are set for a boost in pay and allowances next month after a new two-year pay deal worth 6.2 per…Read more…
Revisit CITB plans call
Unite is warning that the groundbreaking Constructionarium project is at risk of closure as a direct result of the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) plans to close their headquarters at…Read more…
‘Hubris and greed’
Carillion’s “shyster” bosses bear responsibility for the outsourcing giant’s devastating collapse, but the Tories lacked “the decisiveness or bravery” to reign in the corporate excess that allowed…Read more…
‘It happens all the time’
Road workers face nearly 300 incidents of dangerous driving and abuse a week, according to new data from Highways England. Unite health and safety rep for Highways England, Lee Hughes, said…Read more…
Save CITB training call
Members of Unite employed by the Construction Industry Training Boards (CITB) have launched a petition to reverse a decision which would end unique construction skills training in Scotland. As…Read more…
Unite: ‘Stop this scourge’ call
The scandal of umbrella companies siphoning off the hard-earned wages of temporary workers is continuing to grow, despite wide-spread calls for it be halted. Today (May 3) it was revealed that…Read more…
‘Enough is enough
Unite members employed at Helena Partnerships Limited, Golden Gates Housing Trust and Torus 62 Limited, who undertake housing maintenance on social housing in Warrington and St Helens, are preparing…Read more…
Construction skills threat
Unite has warned that the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) restructuring plans are mired in confusion and the organisation is guilty of failing to properly consult the industry on its…Read more…
Concrete maker row settled
The long running dispute at Essex concrete maker Tarmac Building Products Ltd has been resolved after a deal safeguarding against the creation of a two tier workforce was agreed. The…Read more…
Deeside construction site demo
Unite members and fellow trade unionists protested the £800 million energy to waste construction site at Parc Adfer in Deeside north Wales today (April 17) as part of a campaign to stop a ‘race to…Read more…
Training overhaul call
Unite is calling for a radical overhaul in how construction training is undertaken, after unearthing a large increase in so called ‘dead end construction courses. A freedom of information…Read more…
Judge makes ‘mockery of process’
Unite has backed today’s (Wednesday March 21) walkout of participants at the Mittings public inquiry into undercover policing. The walkout is a reaction to the refusal of Sir John Mittings,…Read more…
‘Responsible must be held to account’
Two of Carillion’s former finance chiefs are to be investigated by the UK’s accounting watchdog for their roles in the firm’s spectacular implosion. Unite welcomed the move, but said the sheer…Read more…
‘Fractured and flawed’
Carillion’s collapse should have served as a loud and clear warning against the dangers of privatisation, but as Ministry of Defence (MoD) firefighters now face being outsourced, the government has…Read more…
‘Wake-up call’
Apprenticeships started during the present academic year have dropped by 26.5 per cent compared to the previous year – a drop Unite says is due to the botched rollout of a new apprenticeship levy….Read more…
‘Catalogue of failure’
The government was informed of a plan to retrieve more than £360m from Carillion – helping to shield the public purse from the cost of the firm’s collapse and preventing losses to workers’ pensions –…Read more…
Carillion subbies sold out
The government was accused of “selling out” Carillion’s sub-contractors and supply chain, by Unite, following revelations at a joint select committee today (February 27). During the hearing of…Read more…
Win against umbrella firms
Unite has won a ground breaking legal victory over so called “umbrella employment” firms that exploit thousands of workers through bogus self-employment. The union vowed “to ensure that other…Read more…