CB&I to pay ￡20,000 for blacklisting

摘要

Contractor CB&I has become the first firm to face action in the wake of last year's blacklisting scandal, with an employment tribunal ordering the firm to pay a union member nearly ￡20,000 in damages after he was unlawfully refused employment. On 10 November, the Ashford employment tribunal ruled that Unite member Phil Willis had been unlawfully refused a job by CB&I because he is a member of a trade union, a prominent activist and blacklisted because of this. He was awarded ￡18,375 in damages.