European developments in the anti-blacklisting campaign

At European level, in December 2011, two Labour MEPs secured an amendment to the European Parliament resolution on the mid-term review of the European strategy for health and safety at work.

The revised resolution includes a reference to blacklisting. It calls on the European Commission to propose a directive that protects individuals who raise legitimate health and safety concerns, and that puts an end to the blacklisting of these workers by ensuring that “such a violation of a fundamental labour right is prevented by means of effective, proportionate and dissuasive sanctions”.