Thirty one MPs have signed Early Day Motion number 1020 which calls on the government to take action on blacklisting.
The text of the EDM is:
That this House is alarmed and concerned to learn from
the Information Commissioner's report that the blacklisting of trade
union members is widespread in the construction industry; condemns the
major construction contractors who subscribed to the Consulting
Association and also provided it with information about workers and
employees; notes that many of the companies who donated to the
Consulting Association are currently engaged on publicly-procured work
projects worth billions of pounds; considers that there may be legal
implications where for example an employee or worker believes they were
dismissed because they were on the list and requests that the
Information Commissioner gives a reasonable time for people to make the
appropriate checks; and calls on the Government to enact immediately
legislation to prohibit the compilation of a blacklist containing the
details of workers and employees with a view to them being used by
employers or employment agencies to discriminate in relation to
employment and to make it a criminal offence for an employer to
commission such information.
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