Agenda item

RESOLVED:  On the Motion of Councillor Nikki Sharpe, seconded by Councillor Chris Weldon, that this Council:-

(a)       notes that a number of construction companies have been challenged about supporting the existence of and subscribing to construction industry ‘blacklists’;

(b)       believes that blacklisting is an unacceptable practice and cannot be condoned, and notes that the GMB union is leading a national campaign aimed at forcing those who have been involved in blacklisting to apologise to those who have been affected by it;

(c)        notes that it is understood that the construction industry blacklist was collated by the Consulting Association (a private consultancy) and was then provided at a cost to construction companies as they sought to recruit/avoid new workers;

(d)       notes that the Information Commissioner has investigated and taken action against the Consulting Association for this practice and the Information Commissioner has taken enforcement action against a number of construction companies based on the evidence recovered from the Consulting Association;

(e)       further notes that owing to the concentration of construction activity in and around large cities, many of those alleged to have been discriminated against live in the country’s major cities; and

(f)         resolves to support the GMB campaign.