CAMPAIGNERS from the Blacklist Support Group and builders’ unions Ucatt and Unite faced police in Northampton yesterday as they occupied the British office of Danish-owned employment agency Atlanco Rimec.

The protest was part of a national day of action against “umbrella” tax scams, blacklisting and other abuses in the construction industry in which building sites were occupied and blockaded in London, Newcastle, Manchester, Glasgow and Cardiff.

UCATT branch secretary Brian Higgins told the Northampton occupation: “Blacklisting of workers for demanding basic human rights such as safe working conditions or unpaid wages is a national disgrace.”