{"id":8622,"date":"2016-05-05T14:26:37","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=8622"},"modified":"2016-05-05T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T13:26:37","slug":"maximum-justice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=8622","title":{"rendered":"Maximum justice"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Unite is continuing to seek maximum compensation and justice for members ahead of a High Court trial next month over blacklisting in the construction industry.<\/p>\n

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Britain\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s biggest union represents about 90 members whose lives were badly affected by the scandal and is demanding to know why the firms \u00e2\u20ac\u201c who have admitted guilt \u00e2\u20ac\u201c are yet to settle.<\/p>\n

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The trial, between the construction companies and Unite, is due to begin on June 7 after the union was granted an adjournment to allow further evidence to be submitted and examined.<\/p>\n

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Unite director of legal services, Howard Beckett said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite has not reached any settlement although we continue to seek justice for our blacklisted members.<\/p>\n

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Seek justice<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe key question that has to be asked of the construction firms, which made an unprecedented admission of guilt last October, is why have they not yet settled?<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bUnite continues to seek maximum compensation and justice on behalf of our members following those admissions.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n

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The move follows a settlement last month on behalf of members of the GMB,Ucatt unions and those represented privately outside the unions. The details of those settlements remain confidential for legal reasons.<\/p>\n

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The activists were systematically targeted by firms Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinci.<\/p>\n

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Unite said the full details of the blacklisting conspiracy should be exposed in court.<\/p>\n

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Explaining the delay to legal proceedings, Beckett added, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe four claimant teams have now become one which meant that it was impractical for the trial, estimated to take 11 weeks, to start on Monday 9 May.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bIn addition, some late disclosure has come in from the Information Commissioner\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Office and the Defendants, and this evidence needs to be considered and evaluated by our legal team.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bWe understand that the date for Callum McAlpine, the alleged architect of the \u00e2\u20ac\u0098blacklisting\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 scandal, to give evidence is Tuesday 21 June.”<\/p>\n

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So far, Callum McAlpine has refused to give a statement in response to the allegations made against him.<\/p>\n

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The full scale of the practice was exposed in 2009 after government officials raided the offices of blacklisting specialists, the Consulting Association.<\/p>\n

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The raid revealed a database of more than 3000 construction workers, whose names were sold on to industry bosses. They detailed workers’ political views, competence, union membership and industrial relations activities.<\/p>\n

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This sparked a lengthy campaign by the unions and activists over loss of earnings and breach of privacy.<\/p>\n

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Tenacity<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blacklist Support Group co-chairman, Steve Acheson, praised what he described as the \u00e2\u20ac\u015bhard work and tenacity of rank and file activists that has brought this human rights conspiracy into the political discourse\u00e2\u20ac\u0165.<\/p>\n

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Acheson, himself a blacklisted construction site electrician from Manchester, added, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bFor more than 40 years, they were blacklisting us with impunity.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bSeven years ago when the files were discovered these firms denied everything and offered us nothing. What has already been achieved is a massive victory for the trade union movement \u00e2\u20ac\u201cbut the fight is not over yet.<\/p>\n

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\u00e2\u20ac\u015bBlacklisted workers may have won compensation but this is a long way from justice,\u00e2\u20ac\u0165 he added.<\/p>\n

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