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Campaigners condemn lack of blacklisting protection
Campaigners have condemned the lack of protection given by UK employment law to trade unionists falling victim of employer blacklists. They were speaking out after an 8 March written judgement from the first full-merits blacklisting Employment Tribunal, Dooley v Balfour Beatty, found in favour of the company.
Balfour Beatty did not deny using an illegally compiled [...]
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New blacklisting regulations “too weak”
Construction union UCATT has said it is “bitterly disappointed” with the new blacklisting regulations, warning the measures are so weak that they will not prevent blacklisting from occurring.
Employment relations minister Lord Young (left) announced the new measures, which came into effect on 2 March. He said: “Blacklisting someone because they are a member of a [...]
… and now on Facebook
The Blacklist Support Group now has a dedicated Facebook group. Join it now to get latest updates from the campaign that is keeping tabs on those keeping tabs….
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Police give back confiscated banners
Police have caved in and agreed to hand back banners confiscated by security guards on 7 February from the Fiddlers’ Ferry protesters.
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Defend Steve Acheson: Protest, 16 February
Message from the Blacklist Support Group
“Manchester Campaign Against Blacklisting has called for a peaceful protest at Fiddlers Ferry next Tuesday 16th from 7 am to support Steve Acheson against the latest (probably illegal) actions from the power station security in taking down Steve’s banners, then taking them from him – all under police protection.
“Legal advice [...]
‘Inadequate’ blacklisting law is delayed
Construction union UCATT says it has won a delay in the implementation of a blacklisting law, after raising concerns about the adequacy of the measures.
The union says it wrote to and contacted directly members of the Joint Committee on Statutory Instruments, expressing “grave concerns” about the proposed law. It says when the committee met on [...]
Blacklist law won’t end ‘despicable’ practice
Construction union UCATT has said it is ‘deeply disappointed’ with the UK government’s ‘fundamentally flawed’ blacklisting regulations.
The union had told ministers the regulations as originally drafted would not end blacklisting and had hoped the government would revise the proposed law, but this has not happened.
UCATT says the regulations fail to make blacklisting a criminal offence, [...]
Construction blacklisting campaign goes global
Construction unions from around the world have backed proposals to stamp out blacklisting wherever it occurs. The decision was taken last week by the Building and Wood Workers International (BWI), the global federation of construction unions, at its conference in Lille, France.
The union representatives supported overwhelmingly an emergency motion proposed by UK site union UCATT. [...]
UCATT outrage at blacklisting law flaws
Construction union UCATT fears new regulations designed to outlaw blacklisting contain so many loopholes they will not deter the practice. It says the proposed measures appear “to give the green light to employers to blacklist in certain circumstances.”
UCATT had argued the regulations should not just make it illegal to blacklist for “trade union activities” but [...]
Labour leaves blacklisted high and dry