Building workers fight pay cut: at Cardiff's Royal Infirmary 24 August, fighting Besna 2, led by electrician and TUSC candidate Andrew Wilkes (on right), photo Sarah Mayo

Building workers fight pay cut: at Cardiff’s Royal Infirmary 24 August, fighting Besna 2, led by electrician and TUSC candidate Andrew Wilkes (on right), photo Sarah Mayo   (Click to enlarge: opens in new window)

Dozens gathered at Cardiff’s Royal Infirmary on 24 August to support electricians taking action against “Besna 2”. This is a bosses’ scheme which, if successfully forced on the sparks, would cut their pay by a third.

Rank-and-file electrician and recent Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition election candidate Andrew Wilkes led construction workers and socialists in distributing leaflets to passers-by and other workers.

Construction company Balfour Beatty’s banners with the ironic claim of “improving the image of construction” hung from site buildings.