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SELECT is celebrating a major step forward in its fight for regulation of the electrical industry after a bill was laid before the Scottish Parliament which could lead to protection of title finally becoming a reality. Scotland’s largest construction trade association has welcomed the Members&

Thousands of construction workers have been left in limbo over whether their site will be closed and whether they will receive an additional day’s paid holiday if it is, construction union Unite has warned. The UK government declared Monday 19th September 2022 is to be a national holiday to ma

Improved calculated holiday pay for electricians employed by Balfour Beatty has been secured following a campaign by the Unite union. From January 2023, Balfour Beatty has agreed that all electricians employed under the terms of the Joint Industry Board (JIB) or Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB),

Unite the union will hold a meeting this week to help workers made redundant by construction firm McGill. The Dundee business went into administration on Thursday after weeks of speculation about its future.

The Unite union has claimed victory securing sick pay for 10,000 Kier Group workers and has urged other construction employers to follow suit. Following a campaign by the union, the construction giant has agreed to implement sick pay across the company.

Research by the Unite union has revealed a "shocking and frightening" decline in vital unannounced construction inspections being undertaken by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). A series of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests has discovered that inspections have declined by 31% in less than a

An independent review of working practices in Scotland’s construction industry has today called for urgent interventions by government, employers, unions and industry leadership groups to improve the quality of work for the 130,000 strong workforce in Scotland and to help embed fair work into

With Scottish Apprenticeship Week (SAW) in full swing, union leaders and training providers have praised employers for “nurturing and encouraging” young electrical talent in a year that saw record numbers return to the classroom. Unite the Union, the Scottish Joint Industry Board (SJIB)

Unions have submitted a pay claim to the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) seeking a 10% pay increase in a bid to redress pay cuts and the rise in the cost of living faced by its members.

The Unite union has introduced new measures to search for evidence of collusion with blacklisting in the construction industry by officers of the union and/or its predecessors following a review led by general secretary Sharon Graham.

A pioneering study into flexible working on construction sites, which involved BAM Nuttall, BAM Construct UK, Willmott Dixon and Skanska, recently found that the practice boosted workforce wellbeing with no adverse impact on budget or programme. 

Mary Alexander, the deputy regional secretary for Unite the Union Scotland and co-chair of The Fair Work Convention’s Construction Industry Inquiry Group, is looking to find out how fair is work in the construction industry. The construction industry should be a great place to work. What could

The Scottish Electrical Charitable Training Trust (SECTT) marked its recent AGM last month with a new team at the top and a ringing affirmation of the vital importance of apprenticeships to the future of the electrical contracting industry in Scotland. The annual meeting of the proactive training pr

Only 36% of the UK's construction workforce is known to be paying into a pension, according to research from the Unite union.

Unite Scotland is calling on the Scottish Government to instruct construction companies not linked to essential services to close with immediate effect after being informed of hundreds of construction workers travelling across Scotland potentially leading to cross-country infections.