Very moving folk song by Chris Tymkow about the illegal blacklisting of union members in the construction industry. Video shows the campaign led by the Blacklist Support Group, UNITE, GMB and UCATT against the human rights conspiracy organised by the 44 largest multi-national construction firms in the UK. The blacklisting scandal has been exposed in [...]
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Equality comes with shift of power to the people
May 10th, 2013 by Richard Leonard.People are discontented, disaffected and hungry for change. The so-called consumer society robs us of our universal humanity and our environment of its natural balance. Living standards are squeezed to offset the falling rate of profit. Women’s work in particular continues to be systematically undervalued, with the poorest of the poor hit hardest of all. [...]
GMB Members take Carillion Dispute to Bristol Southmead
May 10th, 2013 by Andy Newman.GMB members, in dispute with Carillion at Great Western PFI Hospital in Swindon since December 2011, today demonstrated at Southmead Hospital in Bristol over the on-going dispute and blacklisting by Carillion. 150 GMB members employed by Carillion at Swindon have taken 21 days of strike action over the persistent failure of the Carillion management to deal with evidence [...]
Guardian Sustainable Business Awards honouring blacklist company
May 9th, 2013 by Andy Newman.Readers who have been following the saga of the saga of the GMB’s industrial campaign against Carillion at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital will know that the company failed to act for years while supervisors shook down staff for gold and cash in exchange for their employment rights. Bookmarks Hide Sites
The government are keener to catch whistleblowers than tax avoiders
May 7th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.The treatment of Osita Mba, the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) solicitor, is a public scandal. It was he who revealed that Dave Hartnett, former head of HMRC, had made a private deal with Goldman Sachs, sealed with a handshake, that let them off payment of interest amounting to at least £10m. This issue of [...]
What capitalists realise, but the Labour front bench does not
Apr 25th, 2013 by Michael Meacher.Who said: “Politicians of the right need to understand that a more constructive relationship with union members is necessary both economically and politically”? Not a Labour big-wig, nor Len McCluskey, but the former director of Policy Exchange, a favourite think-tank of the Right. He added: “There is an alternative, much more constructive role for unions, [...]
Unite declares war on Blacklisting
Apr 22nd, 2013 by Newsdesk.Excellent documentary video about Unite’s campaign against blacklisting on the Crosssrail construction where it is pursuing the claim that workers have been victimised for raising safety issues. Bookmarks Hide Sites
Parliamentary report into blacklisting: the scandal grows
Apr 16th, 2013 by Andy Newman.Today saw publication of the interim parliamentary report on blacklisting by the Scottish Select Affairs Committee. In its statement released today, the committee says that the major construction firms that established and funded a systematic blacklist of construction industry workers appear to be continuing to avoid taking full responsibility for their actions. The report is [...]
Trade unions and the law
Mar 28th, 2013 by Andy Newman.Last Saturday saw the launch meeting of the new Campaign for Trade Union Freedom, created by the merger of the Liaison Committee for the Defence of Trade Unions (LCDTU) and the United Campaign for the Repeal of Anti-Trade Union Laws. And yesterday saw the launch of the People’s Assembly initiative, aiming for a mass public [...]
Trade union freedom is the key to an equal society
Mar 28th, 2013 by Dominic Curran.Last Saturday the Campaign for Trade Union Freedom held its launch rally, a well attended event with good speakers from all across the Labour Movement. Trade Union freedoms need to be on the agenda for a Labour government in office as the cornerstone of any fairer economic settlement. This view has been echoed by Len [...]
