Blacklist: High Court case looms!

Cullum McAlpine Ducks-out on High Court

1. Blacklisted workers taunted by central figure in the blacklisting conspiracy 

http://www.mirror.co.uk/opinion/blacklisting-victims-havent-suffered-enough-7752746

2. Blacklisted workers speak at the High Court about how standing up for fellow workers affected their families

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eV7lL2Gm9zw

http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2016/04/13/blacklist-contractors-pay-out-another-15-20m/

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3. Cullum McAlpine 'mastermind' behind blacklisting conspiracy refuses to give evidence in High Court trial 

http://unitelive.org/the-fight-goes-on/

http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/blacklisting-mastermind-refuses-to-give-evidence-at-high-court-hearing/

http://www.buildingconstructiondesign.co.uk/news/blacklisting-mastermind-refuses-to-give-evidence-at-high-court-hearing/

4. George Tapp - working class hero - has been awarded £80,000 compensation for the life changing injuries he suffered after he was run down by a motorist whilst handing out leaflets at a blacklist protest against the construction giant BAM during the Crossrail dispute. Well done to the union & lawyers for fighting the case.

http://www.morningstaronline.co.uk/a-8957-Court-Awards-Blacklist-Hero-Tapp-80,000

5. Overview of the High Court trial

https://undercoverinfo.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/blacklisting-the-blacklisters-the-evidence-subscribers-key-players-finances-etc/

6. Undercover police spied on the Grunwick strikers & caused the abandonment of the Grand National 

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2016/apr/13/covert-police-spied-on-strikers-and-their-supporters-in-iconic-dispute

https://network23.org/redblackgreen/2016/04/10/1993-the-year-the-grand-national-was-sabotaged-with-help-from-special-branch/

Major conference on undercover police spying on activists this coming weekend - with an all star line up of speakers and a workshop on blacklisting 

http://www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=107

http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/undercover-with-paul-lewis-and-rob-evans/2016/mar/30/doreen-lawrence-to-speak-at-conference-on-undercover-policing-and-racism

7. Blacklist firm Balfour Beatty also exploiting construction workers in Qatar 

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/apr/13/balfour-beatty-interserve-accused-migrant-worker-labour-abuses-qatar

8. Mildred Gordon R.I.P.

Mildred Gordon MP for Bow & Poplar and an active supporter of the Construction Safety Campaign has passed away. http://eastlondonnews.co.uk/former-bow-poplar-mp-mildred-gordon-dies/

"Is it not true that, in this country, no employer who has been found guilty of negligence that has caused a fatal accident on a building site has ever been imprisoned for criminal negligence? Should not such employers be sentenced? If it is their fault that a worker dies, is it not true that only imprisonment will make them take the matter seriously? When great profits are at stake, fines of £400, or even £2,000, will not improve the position"

9. Construction & Offshore safety concerns 

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/building-firm-bosses-jailed-after-11159729#ICID=Android_MENNewsApp_AppShare

https://www.energyvoice.com/oilandgas/north-sea/106583/scottish-government-candidates-grilled-offshore-workers-safety/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=EV+Daily+Newsletter+2016-04-13&utm_term=Energy+Voice+-+Newsletter

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Grunwick Strike: TUC Model Resolution

Model resolution for labour movement
Grunwick40 – commemorating the Grunwick strike
We note:
* August 2016 is the 40th anniversary of the start of the 2 year strike at Grunwick film processing in North West London. This strike, mainly of Asian women, received unprecedented levels of support from the wider movement, in contrast to the attitude of the movement to previous strikes by black and immigrant workers. This solidarity was faced with considerable police violence against pickets, with the highest number of arrests (over 500) in the course of an industrial dispute since the General Strike of 1926. The law was used both to undermine the fight for union recognition and against postal workers who refused to handle crucial Grunwick mail.
* Local activists around the Willesden Green Town Team, together with Brent Trades Union Council, are planning to erect murals in commemoration of the strike close to the focal point of the strike in Dollis Hill.
* In conjunction with this, it is planned to organise a day event later in the year which will both commemorate the strike with activists from the time, and relate it to issues facing the movement today, such as organising the unorganised, migration, trade union law, etc.
We therefore:
Agree to give support to these events, both practically and financially by:
* Encouraging members to follow the planning of these events through the Facebook group https://www.facebook.com/Grunwick40/info/?tab=page_info  and signing up for the email group for news of events;
* Make a donation of £….. towards the costs of the mural and day event;
* Invite a speaker from Grunwick40 to a future meeting, possibly linking this to a showing of one of the films about the strike;
* Forward this to other parts of the movement.