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Interserve is preparing to cut around 200 jobs across its UK operations as part of a wider cost-saving drive, according to reports. Shares in the construction and services firm fell 38% last month after it warned operating profits in the second half would be around half that reported a year ago amid

(from left) Convener of the infrastructure committee, Councillor Michael McPake; Steve Dillon, regional co-ordinating officer at Unite; Michael Farnell and Graham McNab from Unite and leader of the council, Councillor Jim Logue Construction firms planning to work on North Lanarkshire Council build p

Tata Steel and German steel manufacturer thyssenkrupp have taken the first step towards a merger deal by signing a memorandum of understanding to combine their European steel operations. The proposed 50:50 joint venture – thyssenkrupp Tata Steel – will lead to loss of around 4,000 jobs, but a un

The Millerhill Resource and Energy Recovery Centre Trade unions GMB Scotland and Unite have accused construction giant Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) of treating workers and politicians with “utter contempt” following its response to social dumping fears on the Millerhill Recycling & Energy Recov

The UK’s largest construction union is calling for root and branch reforms of employment rights after new figures demonstrated an increase in ‘bogus self-employment’ throughout the sector. A Freedom of Information request by Unite has revealed that in 2016/17 at least 1.076 million constructio

Scottish construction employers are becoming increasingly concerned by plans to introduce a new framework governing how apprentices working in the industry’s traditional craft trades are trained and employed. The warning has been issued by a coalition of industry employers, trade associations and

The Unite union is continuing its battle against the practice of big employers blacklisting construction workers, a year after securing a “historic” High Court victory. The High Court case concerning the blacklisting of workers by the Consulting Association, which involved the majority of the ma

A 45-year-old man has died while working at a building site in High Blantyre, South Lanarkshire. Police and ambulance services were called to the Avant Homes site on Hamilton Road yesterday morning following a report that a man had been seriously injured.

Concerns have been raised by union Unite over the safety of windfarms after two workers were killed last month in Scotland. The first victim, 37-year-old Antonio Linares, was killed when he fell at Scottish Power's Kilgallioch Windfarm site in South Ayrshire on March 15. Mr Linares was working for c

The UK’s largest union for construction workers is calling on the industry to take radical action to reduce the high number of suicides among its workforce. New analysis by the Office for National Statistics found that the risk of suicide among low skilled male labourers, particularly those workin

Oxgangs Primary School Scotland’s leading architects have warned that all public buildings constructed in the 21st century should be urgently inspected to assess the potential danger from major latent defects.

(from left) Michael Conroy (UCATT training), John Noble (Aberdeen City Council building services business development manager), Jamie Hepburn MSP, Mark Fordyce, John Dunbar, Scot Myles, Raymond Sim, Roger Chamberlain, James Aitken and Councillor Neil Cooney UCATT and Unite the Union invited Jamie He

UCATT members during the protest at a Dumfries hospital The proposed merger between UCATT and Britain’s largest union Unite has been confirmed after 85.5 per cent of the construction union’s members voted in favour of the move last week.

Tradesmen employed by Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) are moving closer to a ballot for industrial action. The Unite union has accused the association of not taking seriously negotiations over pay, equality of working conditions, and working hours.

Construction firms who want to get work from Renfrewshire Council will have to agree to promote local employment, fair wages and worker protection after the local authority signed a new charter. The Renfrewshire Council Construction Charter, which has been drawn up with the help of trade union Unite