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Join your union the union for all workers in the construction and building trades Applicationformembership CompletetheformandhandittoaUCATTreporsendittoyournearestregionaloffice(seeright) Name(initialsandsurname) Address Postcode Telephone Email Dateofbirth Mr/Ms(pleaseindicatewhich) Areyou(orhaveyoueverbeen)amemberofanyotherunion? IfYes,pleasestatewhichunionandapproximatedatewhenleft HaveyoupreviouslybeenamemberofUCATT? IfYes,pleaseentermembershipnumber(ifknown) Whatisyourtrade? Employer’snameandaddress IagreetoabidebytherulesofUCATTandaffirmthatIamnotdebarredbytherulesofUCATT Signature Date Idonotwantmydetailstobepassedtoanyoutsideagency ❑ (tickifnecessary) Pleasedonotwritebelowthisline–forUCATTofficeuseonly Weekly contribution rates ● Craft £2.62 ● General £2.37 ● Apprentice £1.64 Applicants in Northern Ireland/Republic of Ireland should contact the Belfast/Dublin office (see right) for contribution details InstructiontomybankorbuildingsocietytopaybyDirectDebit Tothemanager(bank/buildingsocietyname) Branchaddress Accountinname(s)of Branchsortcode ❑❑❑❑❑❑ Postcode Accountnumber ❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑❑ PleasepayUCATTDirectDebitsfromtheaccountdetailedonthisinstructionsubjecttothesafeguardsassuredbytheDirectDebitGuarantee.I understandthatthisinstructionmayremainwithUCATTand,ifso,detailswillbepassedelectronicallytomybank/buildingsociety.Banksand buildingsocietiesmaynotacceptDirectDebitinstructionsforsometypesofaccount. Signature(s) Branch Section Employer code Source code BW43 Date Originator’sidentificationnumber Referenceno.(tobecompletedbyUCATT) 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 9 UnionofConstruction, AlliedTrades&Technicians Website www.ucatt.org.uk Freephone adviceline 0800-262467 Building Worker buildingworker@ucatt.org.uk GeneralOffice ●177 Abbeville Road, London SW4 9RL Tel: 020-7622 2442 Fax: 020-7720 4081 Email: info@ucatt.org.uk Scottish ●53 Morrison Street, Glasgow G5 8LB Tel: 0141-420 2880 Fax: 0141-420 2881 ●Aberdeen 01224-580 962 ●Edinburgh 0131-556 1482 Northern ●Seymour House, 10 BrenkleyWay, Newcastle uponTyne NE13 6DT Tel: 0191-236 2636 Fax: 0191-236 2653 Yorkshire ●64/66 Cross Gates Road, Leeds LS15 7NN Tel: 0113-264 0211 Fax: 0113-260 2908 ●Doncaster 01302-364 028 ●Hull 01482-326 249 ●Sheffield 0114-261 9969 North West ●56 Derwent Road East, Liverpool L13 6QR Tel: 0151-228 8455 Fax: 0151-228 7735 Midlands ●2Wentworth House,Vernon Gate, Derby DE1 1UR Tel: 01332-203 656 Fax: 01332-203 858 ●Birmingham 0121-683 0486 ●Chesterfield 01246-231 909 Eastern ●Goodwin House, Goodwin Business Park, Willie Snaith Road, Newmarket CB8 7SQ Tel: 01638-565 830 Fax: 01638-565 836 ●Witham (Essex) 01376-521 830 London & SouthEast ●177 Abbeville Road, London SW4 9RL Tel: 020-7622 2362 Fax: 020-7498 5272 ●Southampton 023-8063 1326 Wales & SouthWest ●199 Newport Road, Cardiff CF2 1AJ Tel: 029-2049 8664 Fax: 029-2048 1166 ●Plymouth 01752-481 794 Ireland ●56 Parnell SquareWest, Dublin 1 Tel: (+353) (0)1- 873 1599 Fax: (+353) (0)1-873 1403 ●Belfast 028-9075 1866 ●Cork (+353) (0)21- 427 2174
UCATT BuildingWorker Autumn2009/No.43 Coverphoto:AndrewWiard Coverstory All thelateston the blacklistingscandal pages 10-11 Pluscampaign poster pages 12-13 Ethnicminorities Construction’srecord improves,butproblemsremain page 9 AttheTUCand Labourconferences Reports from Liverpool and Brighton pages 14-17 Plus Adviceline:page4 Legalbrief: page18 Yourmoney:page20 International:page21 Letters: page22 Presentations:page23 ●AstilltakenfromthevideoproducedbyUCATTandotherunionsfightingforcompensationforvictimsofpleuralplaques. Asbestos-inducedpleuralplaquesarescarsonthelungsandareoftenaprecursortothedeadlydiseasemesothelioma. GordonBrownispressedbyUCATTtotakeaction Nolet-upinpleural plaquescampaign BuildingWorker is published by the Union of Construction,AlliedTrades& Technicians (UCATT), 177 Abbeville Road, London SW4 9RL; email: [buildingworker@ucatt.org.uk].The views expressed herein are not necessarily those of the union. Every effort is made to ensure that information is correct at the time of going to press but this cannot be guaranteed.We reserve the right to edit any articles or letters submitted for publication.The inclusion of an advertisement does not imply recommendation. No part of this publication may be reproduced without prior written consent by UCATT. © UCATT2009. All rights reserved. To advertise in BuildingWorker contact John Nahar at Redactive Media – telephone 020-78806230 or email [john.nahar@redactive.co.uk]. The UCATT-led campaign to restore compensation for pleural plaques victims has received two major boosts. At the TUC annual congress in September, delegates unanimously supported an emergency motion from UCATT which called on the Government to overturn the Law Lords’ ban on compensation for pleural plaque victims. The union hopes the TUC’s decision will demonstrate to Government ministers just how strong the feeling is throughout the labour movement and that action needs to be taken by the Government to reverse the House of Lords ruling. A second success was achieved earlier in the TUC congress during a question-and-answer session with Gordon Brown. The Prime Minister was asked by UCATT delegate Andy Jones if he would commit the Government to restoring compensation for pleural plaque victims. The premier said that the Government would “look at what we can do on pleural plaques” and added that there would be a statement after Parliament returned from the summer recess in October. Compensation for the condition was ended by the ruling by Law Lords in October 2007, which was applauded by the insurance industry. Since then, insurers have been waging a campaign opposing efforts by the union to press the Government to bring in legislation to facilitate the resumption of claims. Newmedicalevidenceaddstopressure One in eight patients with lung cancer also has pleural plaques, a Japanese study has found. Released in June by 12 medical institutions in Japan, the new research suggests that the number of people who die from asbestos-related lung cancer in Japan might be many times higher than has previously been thought. Meanwhile, a top US expert says he has evidence that pleural plaques can be a source of excruciating chest pain. Michael Harbut, of the National Center for Vermiculite and Asbestos-Related Cancers, says he has discovered a probable reason for the pain experienced by certain patients with asbestos-related diseases. Writing in the 20 July 2009 edition of the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, Dr Harbut and colleagues describe how the plaques caused erosion on the interior wall of the ribs and thus provide an anatomically logical explanation for the pain. The findings will be used by campaigners in Britain to refute arguments put forward by the insurance industry that pleural plaques are asymptomatic and painless. In order to build more support for the campaign, UCATT and other unions have produced a DVD and online video, entitled “Justice”, featuring pleural plaque sufferers and their families, who describe what effect the condition has had on their quality of life. A copy of the DVD was handed to Gordon Brown by UCATT’s representative on the Labour Party’s national executive, Jim Kennedy. An online petition campaign has also been launched by the Unions Together group of unions affiliated to the Labour Party. It calls on the Government to restore compensation – as the Scottish Parliament and the devolved administration in Northern Ireland have already decided to do. UCATT General Secretary Alan Ritchie commented on the progress of the campaign: “The Government must understand that if they want to be seen as the champions of social justice then they must restore full compensation.” ● To watch the pleural plaques campaign video go to: [www.youtube. com/watch?v=hpBwlw3C2Ic]. ● To sign the online petition go to: [http://unionstogether.org.uk/justice]. ● TUC congress and Labour Party conference reports: pages 14-15 and 16-17 respectively. UCATTBuildingWorker●Autumn2009●3
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