Fact Service February 2011

Issue 8

Whistleblower axed over blacklist concerns

An electrician has been sacked from working on the prestigious media centre at the Olympics site after blowing the whistle on the use of an illegal blacklist on the construction project.

Frank Morris was dismissed by Daltech Services following weeks of intimidation and threats of violence by senior members of Daltech management after he had raised concerns about the dismissal of a co-worker. The co-worker was dismissed from the Olympics Media Centre being built by Skanska and Carillion after his name appeared on a blacklist of trade union members.

Morris raised concerns about this illegal practice and was victimised, bullied, threatened with violence by senior management to the point that Frank had to call the police for his own protection and finally dismissed.

Skanska and Carillion were two of the major building contractors exposed for using an illegal blacklist of trade union members following a raid on the premises of The Consulting Association by the Information Commissioners Office, the official data protection agency, in 2009.

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