Trade unions led by construction union UCATT have achieved a major breakthrough in the campaign against blacklisting.

Employers' representatives on the Construction Industry Joint Council, the industrial agreement, which covers 500,000 construction workers agreed on Wednesday to insert a new anti-blacklisting clause into the agreement, as a result of strong union pressure.

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The new anti-blacklisting clause in the CIJC Working Rule Agreement states: "The CIJC does not condone any form of blacklisting of any worker".

Steve Murphy, General Secretary of UCATT, who proposed the new clause, said: "This is a major step forward, blacklisting is a vile and disgusting practice. There must be no hiding place for blacklisters in construction or any other industry.

"The majority of the major companies responsible for blacklisting follow the CIJC agreement. By inserting this clause we are a further step forward in eradicating blacklisting from our industry for once and for all."

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