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…
Crossrail investigation call
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…
Crossrail firms ‘sink to new low’
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…
Lessons must be learned
Crossrail failures must not be repeated on other major infrastructure projects
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Crossrail strike
The multi-billion pound Crossrail development is set for further delays as Unite, the UK’s construction union, has announced further strikes on the Woolwich section of the project, in an escalating…Read more…
Sparks fly
London’s Crossrail project will experience major disruption this week as strike action is set to go ahead because of a refusal by Balfour Beatty to pay industry standard project completion payments….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…