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COVID-19 Construction Guidance is Unsafe, Warns Unite

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 23, 2020

The UK's construction union, Unite, has warned the government that the latest guidance on how construction sites should operate during the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Construction

Government must extend wage support for self-employed as layoffs look likely

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Mar 23, 2020

Unions are urging the government to extend its Coronavirus wage support scheme to help the millions of self-employed construction workers. On Friday the Chancellor announced...

News

Drax strikes called off as agreement reached

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Sep 4, 2019

Scaffolders on Drax power station have cancelled their strike action that was due to start this week. The 29 workers from Altrad-Hertel who are members...

News

Scaffolders On Drax Power Station Set To Strike

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Aug 23, 2019

Scaffolders at the Drax power station in North Yorkshire are threatening strike action next month in a dispute over the recognition of national agreements. The...

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Union Demands Urgent Inquiry Into Reading Demolition Site Incident

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Aug 2, 2019

Unite, the UK's construction union is calling for an urgent investigation into the Reading scaffolding collapse that left three people in hospital. (Thursday 1...

CITB

Union slams CITB over direct training exit

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Apr 26, 2018

Unite has hit out at the Construction Industry Training Board’s (CITB) handling of plans to scrap its training provision and make hundreds of people...

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Claims of New Scaffolders Card Scheme Are Unfounded

Grahame Anderson - Sep 21, 2017

Claims the Engineering Construction Industry Training Board (ECITB) and the Scaffolding Association are working to create a new card scheme are unfounded according to...

Offshore

Union warns possible strike action by North Sea oil contractors

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Feb 23, 2015

Offshore contractors are to be balloted on possible industrial action in a row over changes to working conditions. Unite members of the Offshore Contractor Association...

News

UPDATE: 14 Scaffolders sacked over pay rates

Scaffmag Newsdesk - Oct 4, 2011

ATTEMPTS are being made today to bring an end to an unofficial strike which has seen dozens of workers protest outside an industrial site...

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