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By Rob Williams The sparks, rank and file construction electricians in Unite, have yet again defeated the de-skilling agenda of the big electrical contractors. EDF Energy, Balfour Beatty and NG Baileys opened up their offensive almost a decade to the day when workers kicked off their ultimately successful 6-month fight against the BESNA contract, the last main attempt by the ...

Over 40 sparks descended on the Bouygues site at Cardiff University where NG Baileys is working. NG Baileys and Balfour Beatty have been trying to use trainees at reduced rates of pay to install the electrical system at the giant Hinkley Point nuclear power station construction site as so-called Electrical Support Operatives (ESO), which would then be rolled out across ...

By Dave Reid “Is this a picket line?” one spark going into the Cardiff NCMH Bouygues site asked. “Because if it is we won’t cross”. There was a great response from all workers going onto the site which also has an NG Baileys project on it. As well as sparks on the protest line there were ex-UCATT brickies, Unite regional ...

By Dave Reid Following on from last week’s protest in Swansea, construction electricians in Unite the union, supported by Cardiff Trades Union Council, protested outside the Cardiff offices of construction giant, NG Bailey. They chanted “No de-skilling, no ESO!” at the company which is trying to force down wages and skill levels at the huge Hinkley Point nuclear power station ...

By Alec Thraves As part of the national campaign against the employers attempts at the de-skilling of construction electricians, Unite electricians were joined by Swansea Trades Council and Swansea Socialist Party members leafleting and discussing these attacks with dozens of workers entering the site. Obviously not all the construction workers who were going into the site were electricians but the ...