A group of leading construction firms has formally apologized in the High Court to workers for having secretly blacklisted them, in a landmark victory for a long-running campaign.
The companies – including McAlpine, Carillion, Laing O’Rourke, Skanska and Balfour Beatty – agreed to pay out-of-court settlements totalling around £75 million ($105 million) to 771 workers in London on 11 June.
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