A demonstration was held outside the construction site of Everton's new Bramley-Moore dock stadium on Friday (August 19) morning.
Members of the North West Construction Workers branch of trade union Unite attended the site shortly before 7am. A spokesperson for those demonstrating told the ECHO that they were there because: “Laing O’Rourke (the contractor building the stadium) will not recognise a trade union on the site". However, the construction firm has said that it " recognises and supports the rights of the workforce to join a trade union.”
Larry Bowles, spokesperson for the 0541 Unite Construction Branch, said: " Our branch started a campaign after a lack of progress in negotiations with Everton Football Club and Laing O’Rourke. The frustration is that now we’ve got to take matters into our own hands and demonstrate and hold gatherings around not just the Everton stadium, which is one of the biggest projects on Merseyside, but other projects - anywhere where they’re not recognising our union."
