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Open letter from blacklisted construction workers

Unions have won important gains. But questions remain that a newly merged Ucatt/Unite union should investigate

20 December 2016

Blacklisted: How workers are taking on the building firms' spying racket

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Construction bosses pay millions to settle blacklist case

A group of blacklisted workers has won millions of pounds in compensation from eight construction firms.

09 May 2016

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Workers Memorial Day event in London

Workers' Memorial Day was marked with a number of vigils and rallies on Thursday 28 April. The same day saw a 60 year old worker killed on the new Forth Bridge construction site.

29 April 2016

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Port Talbot protesters demand nationalisation to save steel jobs

Trade unionists, campaigners and residents rallied in Port Talbot, South Wales, demanding that the town's steel works is nationalised, today, Saturday. The 60-strong protest came after a Tata Steel company insider told the bosses' Financial Times newspaper that bosses "are now going to shut it down."

05 April 2016

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Workers have the power to stop the steel jobs massacre

Proposed cuts by Tata Steel and news that Caparo Industries have gone into administration has put 2,900 steel jobs at risk.

20 October 2015

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Teesside construction workers take pay fight to Liverpool plant

Construction workers from Unite, GMB and Ucatt unions protested in Liverpool on Wednesday of last week.

06 October 2015

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Sita workers bring dispute back to recycling bosses

The 24th day of protest with Sita Waste Management at the ICI Wilton complex near Redcar took place on Friday of last week.

29 September 2015

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A deepening revolt in construction sees more unofficial walkouts

Construction workers turned a three-hour stoppage on Wednesday of last week into a three-day unofficial strike at Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria.

15 September 2015

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Tata Steel threatens job cuts after unions compromise on pensions

Bosses at Tata Steel threatened 720 job losses in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands last week.

21 July 2015

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Steel workers are ready to fight against bosses’ raid on pensions

More than 13,000 steel workers were set to strike on Monday of next week against attacks on their pension scheme.

16 June 2015

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National strike set to go ahead at Tata Steel

Four trade unions in the steel industry have called its first national strike for 30 years against a raid on the British Steel pension scheme.

09 June 2015

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Tata Steel workers deliver a resounding vote for action

Workers in the Community union at Tata Steel plants across Britain have voted by almost 90 percent to strike in defence of their pensions.

02 June 2015

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Four-day strike at refinery

Workers at the Phillips 66 oil refinery in South Humberside walked out unofficially. Also: HTC Plant crane drivers vote on new offer, Blacklist protesters block Carrington building site

18 November 2014

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Striking crane drivers stop major projects

HTC Plant workers held the first of three one-day walkouts on Friday of last week.

11 November 2014

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Crane drivers vote to strike over pay

Crane operators could bring major construction sites across Britain to a halt after voting overwhelmingly for strikes.

28 October 2014

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Blacklisting ‘payout’ scheme slammed

Blacklisted construction workers have denounced the launch by eight building firms of a scheme claiming to compensate workers.

08 July 2014

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Construction workers round up

Blacklisting; Agency workers; Workers' Memorial Day

22 April 2014

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Reports round-up

21 January 2014

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Shetland bosses launch a lockout over action ballot by construction workers

Bosses have locked out construction workers building a £500 million gas plant on Shetland.

03 December 2013

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Photos of blacklisting day of action on 20 November 2013

Cardiff | Leeds | London | Wolverhampton | Edinburgh

20 November 2013

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Day of action around Britain against blacklisting

Construction workers and supporters have protested across Britain against blacklist on a TUC backed day of action.

20 November 2013

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Move fast on shipyard redundancies

The first redundancy notices went out to shipyard workers employed by BAE this week.

19 November 2013

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Reports round-up 2

Strike ballot looms on London Underground | Mitie cleaners set for a three-day walkout | Aslef suspends drivers’ action | Strike ballot result due at UPS Camden | Building workers reject poor pay deal

05 November 2013

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TUC pledges day of action against blacklisting firms

The TUC has called a nationwide day of action against blacklisting on Wednesday 20 November. Among events across Britain there will be a protest and lobby of parliament.

10 September 2013

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