#WORLD #WORLDWIDE #BURGHFIELD #News #Journal #Update - (en) New #ACG: Mass wildcat at the Burghfield #Atomic #Weapons Establishment

 According to the National Construction Rank and File: ---- "NG Bailey, Costain

Group and AWE PLC are all pointing fingers at each other over who is responsible
for blacklisting sparks at AWE Burghfield. ---- "Over 200 sparks walked off the
Burghfield site today in support of their Unite the union safety rep who was
removed from the site by NG Bailey - a firm with a long history of blacklisting
union members. ---- "These are the very same electricians whose action in May
2021 was decisive in winning the No2ESO industrial dispute." --- #AWEBlacklisting
---- Some background info ---- Siteworker, the rank and file construction worker
website, said yesterday:
"Over 200 NG Bailey Sparks and Fitters walked off site at AWE Burghfield today
(20/09) over suspected Blacklisting and Union busting. The row started on Friday
afternoon, when workers were selected for transfer without notice, they had been
told by their employer that it was AWE who had requested their removal.

"Anger spread through the workforce over the weekend at the treatment of their
colleagues, especially as those selected are all Union members, with one being an
elected union site safety rep. The workers held a meeting earlier today and
sought answers through the management.

"One worker who has chosen to remain anonymous has told us:

"'AWE could and have removed access to site for workers in the past, we've only
known it with an investigation and appeals process though, this feels very different'

"The NG Baileys workforce requested their reps ask for proof that AWE had made
this decision. They were later informed it was Costain that had made the
decision, who along with NG Baileys, had previously subscribed to the consulting
association Blacklist.

"Seeing this as misinformation with no satisfactory answers coming, they walked
off site this afternoon, requesting proof off their employer that Costains had in
fact chosen the employees to be removed from the project, whilst still starting
new workers on the project today.

"The firm responded with what workers saw as a lockout threat while also sending
official statements saying they would dock any workers taking part in an agreed
meeting on site in the morning."

https://www.anarchistcommunism.org/2021/09/21/mass-wildcat-at-the-burghfield-atomic-weapons-establishment
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