{"id":29690,"date":"2021-08-05T11:27:58","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=29690"},"modified":"2021-08-05T11:28:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T10:28:00","slug":"hs2-euston-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=29690","title":{"rendered":"HS2 Euston protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>A joint venture company consisting of Skanska-Costain-Strabag that is seriously hindering legitimate trade union access to construction workers building the Euston tunnels of the HS2 railway have been called out by Unite the union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite construction members will be holding a central London demonstration outside the Skanska-Costain-Strabag Joint Venture site on Friday (6 August) over the consortium\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s flouting of the HS2 agreement by not allowing union officials \u00e2\u20ac\u0098meaningful\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 access to the site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The HS2 protest will be at the corner of Hampstead Road and Roberts Street NW1 3EL (close to Euston Station, London) from 12 midday to 2pm on Friday (August 6).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The demonstration is the start of a long term campaign to stop the union-busting activities of companies like Skanska and Costain which are renowned for blacklisting union members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unite national officer for construction Jerry Swain said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis joint venture made up of leading construction companies have union-busting ingrained in their DNA and a burning desire to break the strong bond between Unite and construction workers \u00e2\u20ac\u201c that will never happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese companies loathe Unite as we stand up for our members in all weathers fighting and campaigning for decent pay and employment conditions, as well as the highest possible health &amp; safety standards in the industry,&#8221; he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe have already found Costain\/Skanska sites on HS2 where workers have been robbed of overtime rates, death and serious injury cover, paid holidays and workers paid through payroll companies &#8211; we don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t need to ask what they have to hide because we know.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bNow they are breaking the HS2 agreement by not allowing Unite officials\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 meaningful access to the site \u00e2\u20ac\u201c we will continue to protest at the unacceptable behaviour of this multi-national joint venture until they realise that agreements freely entered into can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t be so easily discarded,&#8221; Swain continued. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThese demonstrations will not only continue, with the ensuing reputational damage to the companies involved, but will spread to include other areas where Skanska-Costain-Strabag currently work. We will not stop until union officials are allowed on site.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>By Shaun Noble<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A joint venture company consisting of Skanska-Costain-Strabag that is seriously hindering legitimate trade union access to construction workers building the Euston tunnels of the HS2 railway have been called out by Unite the union. 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