The construction group.is seeking to prevent strike action that threatens to disrupt work at construction sites,power stations and oil refineries.
The application for an injunction will be heard before before Mr Justice Eady at 10.30am this morning.
Last week Unite members at Balfour Beatty Engineering Services (BBES) voted by two to one for strike action which could hit high profile projects and sites such as Crossrail, Sellafield and Grangemouth.
Unite, Britain’s largest union, also announced that it would be reporting seven major construction firms to the Office of Fair Trading for acting in an anti-competitive way to drive down the pay and conditions of their workforces.
The complaint, the first of its kind made by a union, claims that the companies are breaking competition law by tearing up Joint Industry Boards’ agreements and working together to set new pay and conditions which are not agreed by Unite.
The seven construction firms including BBES are, NG Bailey Building Services, Crown House Technologies, Gratte Brothers, Spie Matthew Hall; Shepherd Engineering Services (SES) and T. Clarke Plc.
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