UNITE will hold a protest in London on Friday against bosses denying union reps access to construction workers building the HS2 railway line. 

The union accused joint-venture company Skanska-Costain-Strabag (SCS) of flouting an HS2 agreement and not allowing Unite meaningful access to a site in Euston, central London, where workers are building tunnels for the new route to Birmingham.

SCS staff at other HS2 sites have been denied overtime rates, paid holidays and insurance cover for death and serious injuries, Unite charged, adding: “We don’t need to ask what they have to hide because we know.”