UNITE-Protest gegen Praktiken von Costain SKANSKA

08 October 2019 11:55


UNITE the Union, has stepped up its campaign against union busting practices of Costain SKANKSA Joint Venture (CSJV) with a series of demonstrations. On 4 October UNITE held the largest protest and demonstration outside of HS2 Euston site being operated by the CSJV and on 7 October Unite held a demonstration at HS2 Headquarters in Birmingham.

 
 

UNITE’s dispute with CSJV is the result of the ongoing union busting being undertaken by CSJV. Costain and Skanska has refused Unite normal access to its workforce, despite the client HS2 agreeing a framework agreement for the entire project, that sets out minimum standards including allowing union’s access to the workforce.

UNITE bemüht sich um Kontaktmöglichkeiten nach vorheriger Absprache, sprich, um Zugang zur Kantine während Arbeitspausen, wie auf Baustellen im gesamten Vereinigten Königreich üblich.

According to Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary of UNITE, “We have been trying to resolve the problem of union busting through negotiations since the end of April, but the CSJV has refused to allow normal access and HS2 has declined to force their hand.”

Seit Beginn ihrer Bemühungen um Kontakt hat UNITE eine Reihe von Problemen auf der Baustelle aufgedeckt, die direkt gegen die Rahmenvereinbarung verstoßen – so etwa unterbezahlte Überstunden, zu geringer Urlaubsanspruch, die Einbindung von Dachgesellschaften sowie das Versäumnis, sicherzustellen, dass die Arbeitnehmer durch eine Unfall- und Sterbegeldversicherung abgedeckt sind.

 
 

Für Costain und Skanska ist „Gewerkschafts-Bashing“ im Vereinigten Königreich gängige Praxis. Zudem arbeiten sie mit verurteilten „Construction Blacklisters“ zusammen – „Dienstleistern“ also, die „schwarze Listen“ gewerkschaftlich engagierter Bauarbeiter erstellen.

Unite national officer Jerry Swain stated, “Costain and Skanska are guilty of union busting and HS2 has acted as their conduit. Costain and Skanska were guilty of blacklisting on an industrial scale but have said they have changed their ways, we know a leopard doesn’t change its spots by denying Unite access to its site the question is, what are they hiding?”.