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An emergency motion has been passed by the TUC Congress<\/a> to ensure that HS2 takes immediate action to allow unions access to workers building the project<\/h2>\n

The emergency motion was moved by Unite<\/a> as a result of the continued refusal by the Costain Skanska Joint Venture (CSJV) to allow Unite officials to speak to workers during their breaks at their HS2 site in Euston<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Moving the motion Unite assistant general secretary Gail Cartmail, said:\u00a0\u201cThe Euston demolition<\/a> and clearance work is managed by a joint venture comprising Costain and Skanska. Two companies that are proven blacklisters. Two companies that have claimed to have changed their ways. Two companies whose actions show that a leopard doesn\u2019t change its spots.<\/p>\n

\u201cCostain and Skanska\u2019s reasoning for barring Unite is both disingenuous and sinister saying that workers need to \u2018decompress\u2019 after being involved in the removal of centuries-old skeletons on the site.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf workers are traumatised this is when they most need their union. And the workers tell us they want us on the inside.<\/p>\n

\u201cShame on you Costain and Skanska for using the dead to justify your union-busting.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2016 HS2 signed an Initial Framework Agreement (IFA) with the TUC and unions, which is designed to underpin good employment practices on the project including allowing officials on site to speak and recruit workers during their breaks.<\/p>\n

However, HS2 has appeared reluctant to ensure that Costain\/Skanska complies with the IFA.<\/p>\n

Gail Cartmail added: \u201cHS2 is the client. HS2 has the power. HS2 controls the purse strings. HS2 can demand all contractors follow the framework agreement signed by the TUC and HS2 \u2013 a good agreement that should underpin union access and workers\u2019 rights.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe say as trade unionists we have a profound duty to ensure workers building the future prosperity of our nation are treated with respect. We expect nothing less than union jobs on union rates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unite believes it is critical that the issue of union access is resolved early in the construction of HS2 to avoid the problems which blighted Crossrail. The lack of union access on some sites and the failure to ensure good employment practices has contributed to delays as a result of low productivity, bullying and blacklisting in all its forms on the project.<\/p>\n

The emergency motion commitment made by Jeremy Corbyn and Laura Pidcock, that the next Labour government will introduce new laws to allow unions access to workplaces, would when enacted resolve this type of dispute.<\/p>\n

However, Unite has said it will not be waiting for the general election and will now be stepping up its campaign to ensure that workers aren\u2019t denied access to the union at the CSJV site in Euston and on all HS2 sites.<\/p>\n

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