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The Unite union has claimed victory securing sick pay for 10,000 Kier Group workers and has urged other construction employers to follow suit. Following a campaign by the union, the construction giant has agreed to implement sick pay across the company.

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Research by the Unite union has revealed a "shocking and frightening" decline in vital unannounced construction inspections being undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has discovered that inspections have declined by 31% in less than a

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The Unite union has introduced new measures to search for evidence of collusion with blacklisting in the construction industry by officers of the union and/or its predecessors following a review led by general secretary Sharon Graham.

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Mary Alexander, the deputy regional secretary for Unite the Union Scotland and co-chair of The Fair Work Convention’s Construction Industry Inquiry Group, is looking to find out how fair is work in the construction industry. The construction industry should be a great place to work. What could

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The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) marked its recent AGM last month with a new team at the top and a ringing affirmation of the vital importance of apprenticeships to the future of the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. The annual meeting of the proactive training pr

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The Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB) and the Unite union have welcomed the launch of a consultation exercise which it is hoped will lead to the introduction of a Member’s Bill calling for regulation of electricians. Both organisations are supporting the proposed Bill, which Jamie Halcro Jo

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