Ucatt
Open letter from blacklisted construction workers
Unions have won important gains. But questions remain that a newly merged Ucatt/Unite union should investigate
Construction bosses pay millions to settle blacklist case
A group of blacklisted workers has won millions of pounds in compensation from eight construction firms.
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.
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."
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.
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.
Sita workers bring dispute back to recycling bosses
29 September 2015The 24th day of protest with Sita Waste Management at the ICI Wilton complex near Redcar took place on Friday of last week.
A deepening revolt in construction sees more unofficial walkouts
15 September 2015Construction workers turned a three-hour stoppage on Wednesday of last week into a three-day unofficial strike at Sellafield nuclear reprocessing plant in Cumbria.
Tata Steel threatens job cuts after unions compromise on pensions
21 July 2015Bosses at Tata Steel threatened 720 job losses in South Yorkshire and the West Midlands last week.
Steel workers are ready to fight against bosses' raid on pensions
16 June 2015More than 13,000 steel workers were set to strike on Monday of next week against attacks on their pension scheme.
National strike set to go ahead at Tata Steel
09 June 2015Four trade unions in the steel industry have called its first national strike for 30 years against a raid on the British Steel pension scheme.
Tata Steel workers deliver a resounding vote for action
02 June 2015Workers in the Community union at Tata Steel plants across Britain have voted by almost 90 percent to strike in defence of their pensions.
Four-day strike at refinery
18 November 2014Workers 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
Striking crane drivers stop major projects
11 November 2014HTC Plant workers held the first of three one-day walkouts on Friday of last week.
Crane drivers vote to strike over pay
28 October 2014Crane operators could bring major construction sites across Britain to a halt after voting overwhelmingly for strikes.
Blacklisting 'payout' scheme slammed
08 July 2014Blacklisted construction workers have denounced the launch by eight building firms of a scheme claiming to compensate workers.
Construction workers round up
22 April 2014Blacklisting; Agency workers; Workers' Memorial Day
Reports round-up
21 January 2014Bus workers walk out in Weymouth | Vote for action on the DLR | Newsquest journalists start ballot | Shetland construction workers discuss offer | Tata Steel deal accepted in Scunthorpe | Sandwich workers could strike in Corby | National Gallery staff want living wage | Ballot for Romec workers | Resistance meeting in Donnington | Library protest called in Barnsley
Shetland bosses launch a lockout over action ballot by construction workers
03 December 2013Bosses have locked out construction workers building a £500 million gas plant on Shetland.
Photos of blacklisting day of action on 20 November 2013
20 November 2013Cardiff | Leeds | London | Wolverhampton | Edinburgh
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