By Roy Bentham, joint secretary, blacklist support group. On 15th January 2018, one of the most prolific black-listers in the construction Industry went bust. For
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By Richard Mellor Afscme Local 444, retired “You can kill a revolutionary but you can never kill the revolution.” Fred Hampton. Fred Hampton founded the Illinois
By Jack Fawbert, UCU member, personal capacity Nearly 22,000 university lecturers and other staff voted overwhelmingly, through their trade union the Universities and Colleges Union
Following our review of the new pamphlet calling for an enquiry into the blacklisting scandal, we are publishing here an account of a carpenter who
By a blacklisted construction worker (Unite) This pamphlet does exactly what it says on the tin: demanding a public enquiry, although it is something the
By Joanne Lewin, NEU member In an attempt to undermine the powers of teachers and local authorities, the last decade has seen growing academisation of
By Nick P Last October, it was revealed that residents of Sugar Hill Lane and Wordsworth Drive in Oulton, a village just south of Leeds,
By John Pickard, Brentwood Labour Party (personal capacity). The collapse of Carillion, the building and services conglomerate, has put tens of thousands of jobs and
From Risks, the TUC’s weekly online bulletin for safety reps and others, number 831, January 6, 2018 An art lecturer driven to the verge of a
By Andrew Thompson: Chair Unite CGL 7007 WM Branch The victimised Unite steward has been reinstated; all the 105, grade 3 operatives will retain their
