UK : Unions call for action day against blacklisting
UNIONS called yesterday for a new law to tackle the blacklisting of workers.
Congress heard that trade unionists are still being targeted, despite recent payouts to victims of vindictive bosses.
Unite
assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail told the Brighton conference it would be naive to think that the construction industry had been cleansed of the “shameful and destructive practice” of blacklisting.
Backing calls for a TUC day of action, she said: “This year, finally, conspirators were dragged to the High Court and hundreds of trade union members won financial compensation.
“The contractors say they are sorry but, to this day, they still shy away from the term ‘blacklisting’ and, still, the law intended to protect workers is too weak and woefully inadequate.
“We demand better law and a full public inquiry into blacklisting.”