{"id":7875,"date":"2019-02-25T03:16:36","date_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/construction-workers-in-fresh-blacklisting-action\/"},"modified":"2019-02-25T03:16:36","modified_gmt":"2019-02-25T03:16:36","slug":"construction-workers-in-fresh-blacklisting-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.styledeals.co.uk\/blog\/construction-workers-in-fresh-blacklisting-action\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction workers in fresh ‘blacklisting’ action"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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New legal action is being taken on behalf of workers who say they were blacklisted by construction companies.<\/p>\n

The union Unite is taking a case to the High Court after names were found in a file compiled by The Consulting Association, which was raided in 2009.<\/p>\n

More than 3,000 people were on the blacklist, often for being a union member or for raising safety issues.<\/p>\n

It comes as the Construction Skills Network says the sector is predicted to expand by 1.3% in the next five years.<\/p>\n

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Previous court cases against building firms<\/a> have led to millions of pounds of payments in compensation to 400 staff.<\/p>\n

The blacklists had been used by dozens of construction firms to vet those applying for work on building sites.<\/p>\n

Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett said: “Unite is totally committed to ensuring that the key individuals behind blacklisting workers are required to account for their crimes in the public arena of a court.<\/p>\n

“This is the minimum that the affected workers deserve. They need to see those responsible in the dock and finally forced to account for their actions.”<\/p>\n

The blacklisting scandal came to light in 2009 following a raid by the information commissioner’s office on an organisation called The Consulting Association which was based in Worcestershire.<\/p>\n

It uncovered a list of more than 3,000 workers – which in some instances also included details of personal relationships.<\/p>\n

Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail added that despite the raid a decade ago, contemporary blacklisting still existed.<\/p>\n

“We are seeing blacklisting ‘outsourced’ to labour suppliers at the beck and call of large firms and acting as unaccountable instigators of union busting,” she said.<\/p>\n

The construction industry has previously accepted that for decades firms were involved in a secret vetting system which infringed workers’ rights to confidentiality, privacy, reputation and data protection, but has denied the “blacklisting” charge.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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