Employment and Trade Union Law
At the beginning of this year I suggested that there had been signs of a ratcheting up of interference of union activities commenting that there "are worrying signs that should a copper turn up on a picket line their agenda should not be automatically assumed to be as an independent and fair-minded enforcer of the … Continue reading Lockdown and the right to picket
It is certainly not a new tactic: when a politic party makes a proposal with which the other parties are not too enamored they adopt a guilt by association posture. And so it was last week, fresh from the Labour Party launching its Business manifesto cracking down on zero hour contracts, the Tory cheerleaders at … Continue reading Unite Union, Labour, and Zero Hour Contracts
A letter signed by the TUC's Frances O'Grady and Len McCluskey of Unite among others calls for the scrapping of Employment Tribunal Fees: Since July 2013, when the government introduced fees for anyone taking their employer to an employment tribunal, there has been a huge drop in claims. This is denying workers access to justice … Continue reading Priced Out
Labour Uncut is reporting that the Unite/PCS merger is still a distinct possibility, and expects the NEC to put forward a motion to this year's ADC. Here's a snippet of the article: PCS has been wracked by well documented financial problems. The sale of the union HQ, which was agreed at the union’s national executive … Continue reading PCS/Unite merger still alive, allegedly
