Film: Solidarity (UK, 2019, 76mins), followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker For decades, a secret blacklist kept thousands of people out of the UK construction industry. Most of the major firms were involved, vetting thousands of applicants and supplying the blacklist with information on 'undesirables'. Workers who organised to ensure their legal rights such […]
Film: Solidarity (UK, 2019, 76mins), followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker For decades, a secret blacklist kept thousands of people out of the UK construction industry. Most of the major firms were involved, vetting thousands of applicants and supplying the blacklist with information on 'undesirables'. Workers who organised to ensure their legal rights such […]
Film: Solidarity (UK, 2019, 76mins), followed by Q&A with director Lucy Parker For decades, a secret blacklist kept thousands of people out of the UK construction industry. Most of the major firms were involved, vetting thousands of applicants and supplying the blacklist with information on 'undesirables'. Workers who organised to ensure their legal rights such […]
A preliminary hearing to determine who will be a core participant in the undercover policing Inquiry. Sir Christopher Pitchford will review all applications for core participation status that were received by the Inquiry by 4pm on 18 September 2015. A sixth Preliminary Hearing is expected to consider whether and in what circumstances the Inquiry might confirm, […]
In the 1990s Lois Austin was chair of Youth Against Racism in Europe, who were infiltrated for years by undercover police officer (now whistleblower) Peter Francis. Lois will be talking not only about her experience in YRE but also the revelations of recent years, her part in the Campaign Opposing Police Surveillance alliance of people […]
The second Preliminary Hearing is expected to consider any decisions in respect of legal representation and funding where satisfactory agreement has not already been reached by the Core Participants and their representatives. Applications for the funding of Core Participants’ legal representation will also be considered. This hearing will take place in court 76 of the […]
Blacklisted tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to in their attempt to keep union activists away from their places of work. This is a story of a bitter struggle, in which collusion with the police and security services resulted in victimization, violence and unemployment, with terrible effects on […]
The construction industry blacklist campaign comes to Holyrood. Speakers: Neil Findlay MSP, Dave Smith (Blacklist Support Group), Jackson Cullinane (UNITE) With the Pitchford public inquiry limiting itself to England and Wales, it will be interesting to hear what member of the Scottish government have to say. Everyone welcome but please contact jackson.cullinane@unitetheunion.org as soon as […]
Blacklisted tells the controversial story of the illegal strategies that transnational construction companies resorted to in their attempt to keep union activists away from their places of work. This is a story of a bitter struggle, in which collusion with the police and security services resulted in victimization, violence and unemployment, with terrible effects on […]
The Socialism 2015 conference includes a workshop entitled Big Brother is Watching: Why Surveillance is Mounting. Speakers: Lois Austin (ex-chair of spycops-infiltrated Youth Against Racism in Europe, now also in COPS) Dave Smith (Blacklist Support Group and COPS) Neil Cafferky (Socialist Party national committee) Tickets for the day are £20 waged, £10 unwaged or low […]