Ucatt slams bill as a form of 'blacklisting'

摘要

Construction union Ucatt has hit out at government proposals to tighten restrictions on industrial action, describing them as akin to "state-sponsored blacklisting". Ucatt national secretary Brian Rye told Construction News that the Trade Union Bill, which passed its second reading in parliament this week, was an attack on workers' civil liberties and would encourage a legalised form of blacklisting. Mr Rye said: "There is a part of the legislation that refers to the picketing supervisors. "This new legislation would mean we would have to give names of those supervising the strike to the employer and the police. This is a form of state-sponsored blacklisting, it is just formalising and legalising all of the issues we have been challenging for the last few years."