{"id":899,"date":"2015-03-07T14:34:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-07T13:34:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/?p=899"},"modified":"2015-03-07T14:38:42","modified_gmt":"2015-03-07T13:38:42","slug":"blacklisted-the-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/2015\/03\/07\/blacklisted-the-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Blacklisted &#8211; the book"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blacklisted_launch_invitation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-900\" title=\"blacklisted_launch_invitation\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blacklisted_launch_invitation.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"524\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blacklisted_launch_invitation.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hazards.org\/blacklistblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/blacklisted_launch_invitation-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 524px) 100vw, 524px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A new book, \u2018Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists\u2019, delivers a searing indictment of the collusion between the state and the construction industry that saw thousands blacklisted.<\/p>\n<p>Authors Dave Smith \u2013 a founder-member of the Blacklist Support Group \u2013 and investigative journalist Phil Chamberlain reveal how objecting to deadly working conditions could get you thrown out of work for good. The book demonstrates how only creative grassroots organising exposed the blacklisters and their cash-dispensing construction cronies. It also reveals this isn\u2019t yesterday\u2019s problem; this life-wrecking human rights scandal persists to this day.<\/p>\n<p>GMB general secretary Paul Kenny said: \u201cThis book lifts the lid on blacklisting and on the decades of denials, lies and deceit by construction employers over the shameful treatment and damage to thousands of workers.\u201d Mick Cash, general secretary of the rail union RMT, said the book is \u201ca tribute to those who have had the sheer guts and determination to fight on for years to drag the blacklisting scandal into the spotlight.\u201d Guardian journalist Rob Evans said it \u201ccould turn out be one of the most important books of 2015.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newint.org\/books\/politics\/blacklisted-secret-war\/\">Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists<\/a>, New Internationalist, March 2015. ISBN 978-1-78026-257-4. eBook ISBN: 978-1-78026-258-1. \u00a39.99. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=miAzmU5HuFU&amp;feature=youtu.be\">Book video trailer<\/a>.<\/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 new book, \u2018Blacklisted: the secret war between big business and trade union activists\u2019, delivers a searing indictment of the collusion between the state and the construction industry that saw thousands blacklisted. 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