{"id":11382,"date":"2017-02-08T15:03:15","date_gmt":"2017-02-08T15:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=11382"},"modified":"2017-02-09T12:09:21","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T12:09:21","slug":"end-blacklisting-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=11382","title":{"rendered":"End blacklisting for good"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Unite, the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest union for construction workers, renewed its demand for a public inquiry into blacklisting today (February 8) and backed calls by the Labour MP Chuka Umunna to strengthen the law to prevent blacklisting from happening.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The move coincides with today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Westminster Hall debate on blacklisting which is being led by the MP for Streatham, Chuka Umunna. It comes amid fears that the practice of blacklisting is continuing and destroying the lives of construction workers to this day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite fully backs Chuka Umunna\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s renewed calls for a public inquiry and government action to prevent the insidious practice of blacklisting ruining ever more lives,&#8221; said Unite acting general secretary Gail Cartmail.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bToo many people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s futures have been destroyed by these secretive practices and shady employers who continue to exploit loopholes while benefiting from public contracts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe victims of blacklisting deserve nothing less than a full public inquiry and government action to strengthen the law and rid the construction industry of the stain of blacklisting forever.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe blacklisters should be under no illusion,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Unite will continue to fight industrially, legally and politically to bring pressure to bear and secure justice for those who have been blacklisted.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe pernicious actions of crooked bosses continues to impact on people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s lives,&#8221; Unite assistant general secretary Howard Beckett added. &#8220;Unite is currently pursuing legal action for over 60 further victims of blacklisting and remains ever vigilant of contemporary blacklisting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite is determined to secure justice for those who have been blacklisted and challenge abuses such as bogus self-employment and the abuse of agency labour.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unite, the country\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest union for construction workers, renewed its demand for a public inquiry into blacklisting today (February 8) and backed calls by the Labour MP Chuka Umunna to strengthen the law to prevent blacklisting from happening. &nbsp; The move coincides with today\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Westminster Hall debate on blacklisting which is being led by the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3508,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[52,167],"wps_subtitle":"Unite renews public inquiry demand","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11382"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11383,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11382\/revisions\/11383"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}