25 May 2011

Workplace news in brief

Newport Passport Office: On 23 May Tory immigration minister Damian Green announced the closure of Newport Passport Office as a processing centre, writes Dave Reid.

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20 May 2011

Blacklisted electrician stands his ground on right to protest

After two years of harassment against blacklisted electrician Steve Acheson, Scottish and Southern Electricity (S&SE) has backed down...

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3 March 2011

End the blacklist

A lively and sizeable protest of trade unionists brought movement of vehicles onto the Olympic site in East London to a halt on 1 March, writes Greg Maughan.

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Stop blacklisting on the Olympics: reinstate Frank Morris, photo Suzanne Beishon

1 March 2011

Stop blacklisting on the Olympics: reinstate Frank Morris

A lively protest of trade unionists brought movement of vehicles onto the Olympic site to a halt in protest at the sacking of RMT member Frank Morris for exposing the use of a blacklist

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16 September 2009

The fight against the building blacklist

Construction workers in the greater Manchester area have launched a campaign against blacklisting in the industry, writes Christian Bunke.

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5 June 2009

Battling against the blacklist

Manchester electrician Colin Trousdale wrote this diary to illustrate the effect of the blacklist clearly being operated by some construction employers, writes Wednesday 13 May.

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13 May 2009

Defending jobs and conditions at Fiddlers Ferry

A good spread of Warrington trade unionists and construction workers from across the north-west came to a meeting organised by Warrington trades council...

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19 March 2009

Strike threat wins job back

I was given a job by the Shaws group at Lindsey Oil Refinery (LOR) as a rigger nine months ago. But when I reported for work I was not allowed on site by the client Total, the owners of LOR. No reason...

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