Glenis Willmott MEP, leader of the Labour group in Europe, tabled a proposal calling for an amendment to Europe’s workplace safety directive “to prevent the victimisation, dismissal or the refusal of employment or ‘blacklisting’ of workers or their representatives.”
Unfortunately, the European Liberal Democrats decided to vote along with Centre-Right parties in Europe, against the proposal.
You may remember not so long ago that a vile charicature of a human ran a company which made sure that construction industry employers knew who in their workforce was a union safety representative, so those people could be refused work.
By voting against the proposal, the Liberal Democrats have left those rogue employers free to dismiss, blacklist or victimse their workers who raise concerns about safety.
Brian Higgins, a blacklisted bricklayer and a member of the June Blacklist Support Group delegation, described the actions of the LibDem MEPs as “a kick in the teeth for honest workers prepared to take a stand to protect the lives of their workmates. But we will keep on campaigning against the evil scourge of blacklisting by big business until we finally get some justice.”
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