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The GMB union has called for help tracking down the blacklisted workers following the announcement by eight major contractors that they have set up a The Construction Workers Compensation Scheme in an attempt to pay back for the damage they have caused to individuals’ lives. [See previous report here.]
In June 2013 GMB lodged claims in the High Court in London seeking compensation for 70 of its members blacklisted by Carillion and other construction companies. Many others have yet to be tracked down.
The union says that fewer than 15% of the 3,214 people on the blacklist are aware that their names are on it.
Blacklisting came to light in 2009 when the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) seized a Consulting Association database used by 44 companies to vet employees.
See the table below for where the blacklisted workers come from.
GMB has access to some information on names on the blacklist and is seeking help to assist in identifying and locating all 3,214 so that they get compensation. If you think you might be on the list or want further help, call Phil Read at GMB on 07840 897997 or email him blacklisted@gmb.org.uk.
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Blacklisted workers – number in each area |
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Location |
Number on the blacklist |
Location |
Number on the blacklist |
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Aberdeen City |
14 |
Kent |
95 |
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Aberdeenshire |
54 |
Kingston upon Hull |
62 |
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Anglesey |
3 |
Lancashire |
60 |
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Angus |
5 |
Leeds |
53 |
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Argyll & Bute |
7 |
Leicestershire |
5 |
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Bath and North East Somerset |
1 |
Lincolnshire |
13 |
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Bedfordshire |
4 |
Manchester |
183 |
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Berkshire |
2 |
Merseyside |
173 |
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Birmingham |
69 |
Midlothian |
3 |
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Bristol |
25 |
Monmouthshire |
9 |
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Buckinghamshire |
20 |
Norfolk |
7 |
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Cambridgeshire |
12 |
North Ayrshire |
67 |
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Cardiff |
10 |
North Lanarkshire |
22 |
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Ceredigion |
9 |
North Yorkshire |
12 |
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Cheshire |
64 |
Northamptonshire |
14 |
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City of London |
454 |
Northern Ireland |
1 |
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Clackmannanshire |
3 |
Northumberland |
7 |
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Cornwall & Isles of Scilly |
3 |
Nottinghamshire |
12 |
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Cumbria |
27 |
Orkney Islands |
1 |
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Denbighshire |
34 |
Oxfordshire |
8 |
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Derbyshire |
16 |
Perth & Kinross |
2 |
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Devon |
19 |
Powys |
2 |
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Dorset |
8 |
Redcar and Cleveland |
43 |
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Dumfries & Galloway |
6 |
Renfrewshire |
15 |
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Dundee City |
21 |
Rhondda Cynon Taf |
2 |
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Durham |
11 |
Rhondda, Cynon, Taff |
3 |
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East Ayrshire |
18 |
Rotherham |
56 |
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East Lothian |
1 |
Shropshire |
2 |
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East Riding of Yorkshire |
16 |
Somerset |
5 |
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East Sussex |
8 |
South Lanarkshire |
16 |
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Edinburgh, City of |
52 |
Southern Ireland |
1 |
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Essex |
57 |
Staffordshire |
16 |
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Falkirk |
35 |
Stirling |
7 |
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Fife |
24 |
Suffolk |
9 |
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Glasgow City |
140 |
Surrey |
32 |
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Gloucestershire |
32 |
Swansea |
15 |
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Gwynedd |
12 |
Tyne & Wear |
69 |
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Hampshire |
50 |
Warwickshire |
1 |
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Hereford & Worcester |
3 |
West Dunbartonshire |
8 |
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Hertfordshire |
14 |
West Lothian |
12 |
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Highland |
15 |
West Sussex |
11 |
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Inverclyde |
26 |
Wiltshire |
5 |
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Isle of Wight |
1 |
Wokingham |
10 |
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