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By Rob Williams. Posted 19th Feb 2012
 Led by the 'rank and file' committee, many of whom are blacklisted, finally after six months of protests, unofficial walkouts and now a threatened strike, Balfour Beatty - one of the 'Dirty 7' building companies - has pulled out of the BESNA contract which will cut electricians' and other skilled construction workers' wages by up to 35%. (picture by Duncan Brown shows electricians marching to the Scottish parliament)
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Article by Diane Harvey and Ian Leech. Posted 12th December 2011
 “John Moore has recruited more members to Unite in the last 3 weeks than we’ve recruited in the past year” So said Gail Cartmail, Assistant General Secretary of Unite as she addressed 250 Unite Electricians at a Rank and File meeting in Glasgow on Sat 10th Dec. Gail was talking about the same John Moore, who took home more than a million pounds last year, but wants to see sparks pay cut by up to 35% by withdrawing from the JIB and imposing the BESNA agreement.
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Posted 5th December 2011 - includes video footage of Glasgow spraks protest
Protest at Balfour Beatty Head Office Wednesday 7th November Lumina Building, 40 Ainslie Road, Glasgow 8am
No one can argue now, the sparks in Balfour Beatty (BBES) have spoken for all electricians in the construction industry - they're prepared to strike to defend the JIB and stop pay cuts of 35%. This from a company that has an order book of £15 billion and had made nearly £100 million in profits in the last 6 months! Facing all the obstacles and complications that have given the employers such an advantage in the construction industry for years - low union membership, lack of shop stewards, agency labour, the blacklist etc.
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Article by Philip Stott 21st November 2011
 “Skilled jobs for skilled workers” was the chant as over 300 construction electricians and supporters marched from the Unite offices in Glasgow to George Square on Saturday 19th November. This impressive and determined mobilisation followed a similar sized march and rally to the Scottish parliament the previous week, demanding an end to the attacks on the electricians national agreements.
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By Rob Williams and Jimmy Haddow 10th November 2011
 The ‘Dirty 7’ big construction contractors want to break up national agreements for construction electricians and impose new terms that will lead to de-skilling and cut wages by up to 35%. Even this isn’t enough for some of the bosses. The site manager at the Gratts Cannon St site in London two weeks ago said that if he had his way he’d force wages down to £1 per hour!
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cialist Party Scotland and the CWI
