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Tag: Balfour Beatty

Hundreds refuse to cross picket line in wildcat Crossrail strike

News, Dec 13th

More than 200 workers at the flagship rail construction project have downed tools today in solidarity with more colleagues who have been sacked and locked out. The dispute blew up after Balfour Beatty made 54 workers redundant at short notice yesterday and a further 50 were locked out, allegedly at the behest of blacklisting-linked boss

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Balfour BeattyconstructionCrossrailWildcat strikes

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