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2 October 2019
Hull: Construction workers' walkout forces employer to back down
The unofficial construction workers' dispute involving the building of a wood chip processing plant at Saltend Chemicals Park, in Hull, has been a struggle to prevent the blacklisting of two senior Unite and GMB union stewards - Paul Tattersfield and Keith Gibson.
25 September 2019
Hull construction workers strike against blacklisting
Workers building a wood chip acetylation (processing) plant in Hull walked off the job in defence of trade union agreements and against blacklisting on 24 September.
National Shop Stewards Network conference, 6.7.19, Conway Hall in London
31 May 2019
13 February 2019
Ten years since Lindsey strike: when militant action stopped the 'race to the bottom'
On the basis of class struggle, workers democratically negotiated solutions to supposedly conflicting interests
24 October 2018
Tories ensured Carillion meltdown went unchecked
The story of the catastrophic collapse of Carillion took an even more shocking turn recently
13 June 2018
City vultures make millions from Carillion chaos
Workers left unemployed and NHS projects on hold: Accountancy and legal firms will make a killing, raking in £70 million in fees, while workers face the scrapheap
9 May 2018
China: Impressive, coordinated and daring crane drivers' strikes
Crane drivers in China's construction industry have taken strike action in dozens of cities across the country
8 May 2018
Unofficial strike reinstates victimised workers
An interview with Keith Gibson, a plater at the Hull Energy Works site
21 March 2018
Hinkley workers win back unpaid wages after sit-in protest
Workers building the Hinkley C nuclear power plant in Somerset have won back unpaid wages after more than 500 staged a two-day sit-in protest
14 March 2018
Zero new homes 'affordable' in Blairite Manchester
A damning, yet unsurprising, February housing report reveals that zero affordable housing has been built in Manchester city centre in two years.
14 February 2018
Woolwich Crossrail walkouts to demand promised bonuses
76 electricians on the Woolwich Crossrail construction site have been taking industrial action because Balfour Beatty has ceased paying the vital 'finishing bonus'
24 January 2018
Letters to the editors of the Socialist including one NHS worker forced out of the health service and tower block health and safety concerns in Belfast
19 January 2018
Carillion and the construction industry
The following letter by Socialist Party member and construction worker Jimmy Tyson was published in the Liverpool Echo earlier this week
17 January 2018
Ferrybridge: Workers down tools over unpaid wages
Construction workers on the Ferrybridge multi-fuel project in West Yorkshire stopped work on 12 January because workers' reported that wages had not been paid into their bank accounts
15 January 2018
Carillion crisis: demand action to save jobs and services
Tens of thousands of Carillion employees fear for their jobs and pensions after the company announced liquidation - it must be taken into public ownership
13 December 2017
Unite day of action against blacklisting
Hundreds of construction workers took part in the national day of action against blacklisting on 6 December called by Unite the Union
12 December 2017
Support the Crossrail Woolwich walkout
54 electricians were locked out by Balfour Beatty
7 December 2017
Unite protest against blacklisting
Unite the Union held protests across the country on Wednesday against the "sinister practice" of blacklisting workers
15 November 2017
No more excuses: fit sprinklers now!
Bill the government, not the residents: Jeremy Corbyn is absolutely right to demand that the Tories allocate £1 billion to fit sprinklers
29 June 2017
Remove cladding without delay says head of Housing Fed
Stop testing cladding and take it down - this is the message from David Orr, the Chief Executive of the umbrella body for housing associations, the National Housing Federation
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