The Construction Industry Blacklists

The first meeting of blacklisted workers took place yesterday in Manchester bringing harrowing accounts from those affected. These were all too similar to those on the Consulting Association blacklist: Disputes over none payment of wages,  Being involved in trade union collections for blacklisted workers, Being asked to work in unsafe conditions,  Skilled tradesmen on long term unemployment benefit and, Being singled out and refused work. One worker had not even worked on the MRI or Beetham Tower projects and had only worked for Craggs on loan to Haden Young (a Balfour Beatty subsidiary and Consulting Association member) some years previous. The most disturbing account for me was that Craggs would openly threaten workers to their face with inclusion on his blacklists. A further meeting is planned for Sunday 2 December 2018 in Manchester. If you feel you may have been affected by blacklisting then please get in touch via alanwainwright1963@gmail.com The question...

Is what they can now be referred to as. The question of why Unite's Regional Secretary, Ritchie James is threatening me with legal action unless I remove Mr Craggs's name from my website remains unanswered.   Bent union officials. Buried the evidence back in 2006. Still covering up the cover up.

A significant breakthrough this afternoon, directly linking the new MRI blacklists to at least one Consulting Association member company, various recruitment agencies and one previously known prolific construction industry blacklisting manager. As more blacklisted workers from the MRI lists come forward, the pieces of this jigsaw are coming together nicely. The question of why Unite's Regional Secretary, Ritchie James is threatening me with legal action unless I remove Mr Craggs's name from my website remains unanswered. Bent union officials. Buried the evidence back in 2006. Still covering up the cover up.

Further to my recent post on the MRI blacklists (which can be read by either scrolling down the page or clicking this link ), two officials from Unite have written to me threatening legal action if I don't remove the reference to Mr Craggs. What possible reason could Unite have for getting involved in this on behalf of Mr Craggs? They should be demanding a full investigation into the companies involved, not sticking up for their management. Unite's joke of a letter can be viewed by clicking this link . Bent union officials. Buried the evidence back in 2006. Still covering up the cover up. Keep on covering up the cover up.

Dave Craggs worked as a labour supervisor for Haden Young Limited, a mechanical and electrical (M&E) subsidiary of Balfour Beatty for fifteen years until 2005. He was based in the North West region. Haden Young were the source of my original 2005 blacklisting evidence ( the Haden Young blacklist checking sheets ) .  In 2005, Mr Craggs left Haden Young to work for another national M&E contractor, Rotary, as their Labour Manager on the Manchester R oyal I nfirmary (MRI) major project. He held this position until 2008 (source Mr Craggs's LinkedIn profile). The MRI project had a contract value of around £450 million and the M&E element of the works had been divided between two national M&E contractors , Rotary and Balfour Kilpatrick Limited (another M&E subsidiary of Balfour Beatty). The MRI project has significant relevance in the blacklisting scandal, as that was the project at the centre of the landmark Steve Acheson & Others ...