UNITE launches new
blacklisting claim at High Court
Blacklist Support
Group
Today, 14:53
Unite
the Union has today launched a new blacklisting claim at the High
Court. This time around they have named key individuals at the
centre of The Consulting Association scandal as defendants
including; Cullum McAlpine, David Cochrane (from Sir Robert
McAlpine), Danny O'Sullivan (Kier) and Stephen Quant (Skanska),
with the intention that these senior executives who orchestrated
the conspiracy will be forced to account for their actions.
Following
the settlement of the original High Court litigation in 2016,
blacklisted workers have repeatedly stated that 'compensation is
not the same as justice' and called for the union to use every
means possible to ensure that directors of multi-national
construction companies behind blacklisting were brought before a
court. Blacklist Support Group fully endorses the new litigation
and hopes that given that the costs risks have now been
substantially reduced, this time around the guilty parties will be
forced into a full trial. The sooner the better.
Roy
Bentham, secretary Blacklist Support Group commented:
"Blacklisting of union members and those prepared to
stand up for basic legal entitlements is not just a breach of the
law it is a violation of human rights. It is not just in the
construction industry: blacklisting takes place in the NHS, in the
North Sea and increasingly in the so-called gig economy where the
lack of employment rights means the bosses continue to get away
with it. This epidemic of victimization needs to be sorted out once
and for all".
The
announcement comes in the same week as the Day of Action on
Blacklisting that will see protests and lobbies of parliament
across the UK.
Day
of Action - Wed 6th December - please show solidarity at whichever
protest you can get along to:
London
09:00
- Skanska office, Goswell Road, Barbican, London
12:00
- Westminster lobby of parliament and rally
Edingbugh
9:30
- Meet at Unite Edinburgh Office
10:00 - Protest at St James Centre
12:00 - Lobby the Scottish Parliament
10:00 - Protest at St James Centre
12:00 - Lobby the Scottish Parliament
Leeds
08:00
- 10:00 City Square, Leeds, LS1 2, United Kingdom
Brighton
10am
- Balfour Beatty, Sussex University, Brighton, BN1 9RH
Birmingham
12.00
- McAlpine site Exchange Square, Urban Village Site, Gate 4, Dale
End, B4 7LN
Durham
17:00
- McAlpine
site, Durham city centre (Milburngate shopping centre).
Video of the
previous Day of Action on Blacklisting in 2013:
Press coverage of
the new High Court claim:
And finally, BSG
would like to send our sincere condolences to the family and friends
of Tommy Finn R.I.P.
Former
chair of the Construction Safety Campaign, convenor of Hackney DLO in
the 1990s, blacklisted and spied on by undercover police for standing
up for the rights of his fellow workers.
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