Skip to main content
Insult added to injury
Glasgow School of Art after the fire in June

AS Glasgow School of Art students put their days of tent learning behind them, the search for answers over the fire in June rumbles slowly on.

This week it emerged that building giant Kier, which was contracted to rebuild the GSA after the 2014 blaze, had located its site office inside the building despite it being unsafe.

Perhaps this should come as no surprise. Kier was one of the major builders caught up in the blacklisting scandal — where tradesmen were systematically denied work because of union activity and raising safety concerns on site.

The 95th Anniversary Appeal
Support the Morning Star
You have reached the free limit.
Subscribe to continue reading.
Similar stories
Victor Alan Heath
Features / 12 May 2025
12 May 2025

Mark Harvey pays tribute to a veteran of the days when the London building trade was a hotbed of working-class struggle, a legendary trade unionist, communist and poet

The scene following a fire in a tower block in Catford, sout
Britain / 5 September 2024
5 September 2024
Government fails to announce timeline on fixing unsafe structures in wake of Grenfell report
JUST PAY NOW: (Below) Amazon staff members on a GMB picket l
Features / 31 August 2024
31 August 2024
MARTIN SMITH says unions must be proactive if Labour's promises are to be turned into tangible gains for workers