Tunnel workers on the £4.2bn Thames Tideway project claim they are being treated like an “expendable commodity” after being stood down for two weeks without pay.
The Enquirer understands a team of 40 workers have been temporarily laid-off by the BMB joint venture of Bam Nuttall, Morgan Sindall and Balfour Beatty.
The move has sparked fury among the workforce who have been asked to return to the Carnwath Road site in west London in a fortnight.
Sprayed concrete lining work in the tunnel is understood to have been suspended while de-watering around the shaft is carried out.
One worker said: “Instead of retaining us on part payment at least, the management have decided to lay all of us and asked us to return in two weeks.
“We are all highly trained and experienced workers.
“To make things worse BMB then decided to pay only the key workers like nozzle men and pump operators 50% of their wages while laying everyone else off.
“This has left the rest of the workforce feeling unwanted and unfairly treated.”
Another added: “There has been no direct communication from senior management.
“That shows a lack of respect for us and we feel like an expendable commodity.
“Are we all going to be shown the door every time there is a delay on the project?
“Tideway goes on aboout doing things the right way but we aren’t seeing any of that.”
Tideway and the contractors have been contacted for a comment
from Construction Enquirer http://www.constructionenquirer.com/2018/06/01/tideway-tunnel-workers-furious-over-layoffs/
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