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21 March 2012
Construction workers demand better pay and conditions
Around 70 rank and file construction workers met in Manchester on 17 March to discuss the victory against the bosses' attempt to impose Besna contracts - cutting wages by up to 35%...
'All power to the Sparks' - Electrician construction workers: protest at Cannon Street, London , photo Paul Mattsson
15 March 2012
National Shop Stewards Network: Over 40 construction workers protested on 14 March outside the Shard site at London Bridge. These workers were fresh from the victory over the 'Dirty Seven' construction companies
8 March 2012
Sparks resolve to continue protests
Up to 150 construction workers met in London last night to review the incredible victory against the 'Dirty 7' companies and discuss the way forward
7 March 2012
London election candidate named in employers' blacklist
The Trades Unionist and Socialist Coalition has called for firms that used information to blacklist trade unionists and academics, to be banned from public sector contracts.
29 February 2012
Anti-blacklisting battle continues on building sites
Huge pay cuts were beaten by construction electricians' mass protests and actions, but blacklisting remains
26 January 2012
Electricians to protest on 1 February in Manchester
Manchester electricians fighting the new Besna contracts because of pay cuts and deskilling, are appealing for a huge turnout on Wednesday 1 February from 7am at the town hall/central library site, writes Hugh Caffrey.
25 January 2012
Exposed - the dirty world of the construction blacklist
A London Employment Tribunal has found that engineer Dave Smith had been blacklisted by Carillion (JM) Limited and Schal International Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Carillion) because he raised concerns about asbestos on building sites and because of his trade union activities...
Mick Dooley, barred from standing for UCATT general secretary after he exposed previous election to be illegal, photo by Paul Mattsson
2 November 2011
Defending building workers' rights: The election for the general secretary of the building workers' union Ucatt starts on 11 November. This election has been called after the 2009 general secretary election was found to be illegal. Then,...
The sixth London protest, photo Paul Mattsson
5 October 2011
North-west construction electricians meet
Getting organised for action: Up to 100 construction electricians from across the north and north-west met in Manchester on 1 October to organise in defence of pay and conditions, writes Hugh Caffrey.
5 October 2011
Construction workers' protests won't go away!
Electricians took the fight to defend their wages and conditions to London's Oxford Street this morning. Workers have also been protesting in central Manchester, Tameside and Liverpool
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