In December 2021, a new group called Celtic Support The Scaffs appeared on Twitter. The page was set up by a group of Celtic fans to support striking Actavo scaffolders in Scunthorpe, Actavo’s majority shareholder being Denis O’Brien, who also owns a minority shareholding in Celtic Football Club.
Earlier this week, Celtic Support The Scaffs uploaded a statement about their intentions:
We are a group of Celtic Supporters who have set up this page to support striking Actavo scaffolders in Scunthorpe. These workers will soon be entering their 13th week of strike action due to Actavo refusing to pay them the nationally agreed rate for the job.
Denis O’Brien has been the majority shareholder of Actavo since purchasing Actavo (then Siteserv) in 2012. He owns a 75% stake and as such has ultimate control of the group.
He is also Ireland’s second richest man, whose net worth is currently valued by Forbes as $4.4bn, and most notably for us he is also a minority shareholder in our club, Celtic FC.
Denis has the power to end this dispute, yet continues to commit crimes against the working class.
This is not a man we want associated with our club.
Please support our campaign by following this page, sharing our content and getting involved in our action at Monday night’s game against Hibs. All details will be published to our page.
Kind regards,
Celtic Support the Scaffs.
This morning another more established group, Celtic Fans Against Fascism, vowed to support the striking scaffs by announcing that they will be holding a banner drop next to the Billy McNeill statue ahead of the match against Hibernian at Celtic Park on Monday evening.
The campaign appears to have gained some traction online and, given the political leanings of a considerable section within the Celtic support, matters could become more publicised during the games ahead.