Northern Voices: Blacklist Support Group update:

Friday 7 November 2014

Blacklist Support Group update:

1. Crocodile Tears at CIPD conference

The GMB Crocodile Tears tour targeting the actual senior managers who were personally responsible for blacklisting continued this week:

Attached pix from the protest against Sheila Knight (EMCOR) in Reading and at the national conference of the CIPD (professional body for HR) in Manchester. Colin Trousdale, George Tapp and Art Against Blacklisting along with many others were representing.

Monday 10th November

West Midlands Blacklist Protest against Sandy Palmer, ex-NCS / Carillion manager directly linked to the blacklisting of 36 workers. Sandy Palmer is now a member of Ellesmere Rural Parish Council which meets in Ellesmere Town Hall at 7pm

DEMO: 6.15pm Monday, 10 November 2014

Town Hall, 1-3 Willow Street, Ellesmere, Shropshire, SY12 0AL.

5pm Meeting Point for pre-demo leafleting
Red Lion, Church Street, Ellesmere, SY12 0HD

11am Tuesday 11th November
Arnold Nestler, AMEC HR Director,
AMEC: Booths Park, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8QZ.

For more info contact: blacklisted@gmb.org.uk or http://www.gmb.org.uk/campaigns/blacklisting

2. Police involvement in blacklisting:

"The force can neither confirm nor deny it holds any information in relation to the activities of the Blacklist Support Group. To do so would undermine any current investigation by alerting those who maybe suspected of criminal activity, but it may also thwart any such investigation which is being managed as a covert operation. This in itself would disclose tactical options, undermining future operations, but also in this case potentially disclose personal data of individuals."

Quote from Essex Police in response to FOI request by investigative journalist

Phil Chamberlain.
Wed 12th Nov 6-8pm

Undercover police spies and blacklisting - public meeting:

London Metropolitan University, Henry Thomas Lecture Theatre, 166-220 Holloway Road, N7 8DB

Speakers: Helen Steel, Merrick Badger, Dave Smith all 3 spied on by undercover police - all 3 on the construction industry blacklist

http://campaignopposingpolicesurveillance.com/2014/10/25/cops-public-meeting/

Sat 15th Nov 11am start

Defend the Right to Protest Conference

Session on: Undercover cops and the secret state

speakers: Helen Steel, Rob Evans (Guardian), Jenny Jones (GLA), Merrick Badger & Dave Smith

SOAS, Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG London

http://www.defendtherighttoprotest.org/national-conference/