{"id":5004,"date":"2015-07-28T17:01:35","date_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=5004"},"modified":"2015-07-28T17:01:35","modified_gmt":"2015-07-28T16:01:35","slug":"just-the-tip-of-the-iceberg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=5004","title":{"rendered":"Just the tip of the iceberg?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00e2\u20ac\u0098Blacklisting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in the construction industry must be investigated by the public inquiry into undercover policing in England and Wales, Unite said today (Tuesday, July 28).<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite said that there is proven evidence that undercover police from the special demonstration squad (SDS) infiltrated trade unions and the question must be asked whether this was just \u00e2\u20ac\u0098the tip of iceberg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n

 
\nUnite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail said that Unite would be prepared to give evidence to the public inquiry, chaired by Lord Justice Pitchford, on what it knows of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098blacklisting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWhat is alleged to have happened over four decades of police infiltration is a travesty of the policing system and democracy,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 said Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail. \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt has ruined lives and caused immense suffering, especially to those women who were duped into having what they thought were genuine relationships with the infiltrators.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe need the inquiry to probe what the undercover police involvement was in relation to links with the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098blacklisting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 scandal in the construction industry. So far, I think we are just seeing the tip of the iceberg \u00e2\u20ac\u201c and Judge Pitchford will have to dig deep,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 she added.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe reports that they infiltrated campaign groups and trade unions are true, as police officers were deployed as covert human intelligence sources.<\/p>\n

 
\n\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe need to know who authorised the infiltration of trade unions \u00e2\u20ac\u201c how high up does the buck stop when it comes to accountability? And who authorised the payments to these undercover officers to pay their union dues?\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

 
\nHome Secretary Theresa May ordered the review<\/a> after claims a police \u00e2\u20ac\u0098spy\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 had infiltrated the family “camp” of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence. It also comes after investigations revealed officers had had relationships with women while undercover, and had used the names of dead children<\/a>.<\/p>\n

 
\nLawyers investigating allegations for the Home Office say they have uncovered more than 80 possible miscarriages of justice relating to undercover policing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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