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Unite Strikes On An Settlement For Blacklisted Worker With An Additional Amount



05/17/2016

Unite arrives at an agreement outside the court.


Dailycsr.com – 13 May 2016 – The only one that still stood its ground in the compensation campaign towards blacklisted construction worker has been Unite, which off-late has arrived at a settlement outside the court, whereby the company has secured “an additional” amount of “£4 million” which were being shared “between 97 claimants”.
 
On the whole Unite represented as many as two hundred fifty six workers, and was given an amount of “£10.4 million”, among the eight construction contractors’ group who bore an allegation in the “scandal”.
 
On the 9th of May 2016, Unite made an announcement wherein it informed that the “pay outs could range from £25,000 up to £200,000 per claimant”. However, it will depend on “the loss of income and the seriousness of the defamation”.
 
 
 
 
 
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