A refusal by an employer to enter formal negotiations with a union, regarding terms which might be imposed by a new transferee employer where the identity of such new employees was not yet known, did not constitute a trade dispute allowing strike action and immunity. Citations: Times 15-Oct-1998, Gazette 28-Oct-1998, [1999] ICR 204, [1998] EWCA … Continue reading University College London Hospital NHS Trust v Unison: CA 13 Oct 1998

EAT REDUNDANCY – Collective consultation and informationCollective consultation in a redundancy situation. Meaning of ‘election’ and ‘elected’ in Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 sections 188 and 188A. In this case, the number of candidates precisely matched the number of available places for elected employee representatives. The employer treated them as ‘elected’. The … Continue reading Phillips v Xteria Communications Ltd: EAT 17 Jun 2011

miller_IISEAT2012 EAT TRADE UNION RIGHTS – BLACKLISTING – Trade union official pressures employer to recruit three named employees with a view to their acting as shop stewards – Relevant manager declines to recruit, as the Tribunal finds, because he resents being ‘bullied’ by the union and does not wish to be dictated to about whom … Continue reading Miller and Others v Interserve Industrial Services Ltd: EAT 5 Dec 2012