Contractors pay out £1.9m to settle latest blacklisting case

By Jordan Marshall2019-05-14T12:32:00

Firms including Balfour Beatty, Laing O’Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine also agree to put £230k into training fund

The eight firms at the centre of the long-running blacklisting saga have agreed to pay more than £1.9m in compensation.

Balfour Beatty, Costain, Kier, Laing O’Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinci have reached an agreement with union Unite, that will see 53 blacklisted workers divvy up the cash.

The contractors have also agreed to put £230,000 into a training fund which will be administered by Unite, for all victims of blacklisting who have brought proceedings.

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