{"id":1025,"date":"2019-02-27T13:09:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-27T12:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/?p=1025"},"modified":"2019-02-27T16:14:09","modified_gmt":"2019-02-27T15:14:09","slug":"unite-pledges-to-drag-key-blacklisting-boss-cullum-mcalpine-before-the-courts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2019\/02\/27\/unite-pledges-to-drag-key-blacklisting-boss-cullum-mcalpine-before-the-courts\/","title":{"rendered":"Unite pledges to drag key blacklisting boss Cullum McAlpine before the courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A construction boss who played a pivotal role in orchestrating a blacklisting scandal that targeted union safety activists will face the courts, the union <a href=\"https:\/\/unitetheunion.org\/news-events\/news\/2019\/february\/unite-to-force-blacklisting-construction-boss-to-appear-in-court-as-scandal-marks-10th-anniversary\/\">Unite<\/a> has pledged.<\/p>\n<p>The union said it \u201cis closing in\u201d on Cullum McAlpine who it wants to account for his actions in court. Unite is taking fresh legal action on behalf of workers who were blacklisted by the Consulting Association. Most of the major construction companies in the UK used its services.<\/p>\n<p>Unlike the previous court case which concluded in 2016, Unite says it will be seeking to ensure Cullum McAlpine, the original chair of the Consulting Association and a director of UK construction giant Sir Robert McAlpine, is required to give evidence in court under oath. The trial is set to begin on 4 June and could last for six weeks.<\/p>\n<p>Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett said: \u201cUnite is totally committed to ensuring that the key individuals behind blacklisting workers and ruining their lives as a result are required to account for their crimes in the public arena of a court.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added: \u201cThis 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. The forthcoming court case will finally ensure this will happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said: \u201cThere remain employers in construction and other industries who continue to believe it is somehow acceptable to engage in the disgusting and deceitful practice of blacklisting, to ruin people\u2019s lives.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are seeing blacklisting \u2018outsourced\u2019 to labour suppliers at the beck and call of large firms and acting as unaccountable instigators of union busting. That\u2019s why Unite is still fighting for justice for those who were previously affected but is also fighting to stamp out contemporary blacklisting.\u201d<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A construction boss who played a pivotal role in orchestrating a blacklisting scandal that targeted union safety activists will face the courts, the union Unite has pledged. The union said it \u201cis closing in\u201d on Cullum McAlpine who it wants to account for his actions in court. Unite is taking fresh legal action on behalf &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2019\/02\/27\/unite-pledges-to-drag-key-blacklisting-boss-cullum-mcalpine-before-the-courts\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Unite pledges to drag key blacklisting boss Cullum McAlpine before the courts&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1025"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1032,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1025\/revisions\/1032"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}