Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Tony Benn (Labour), on Thursday, 15 March 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 50 members in total.

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TRADE UNION LAW

That this House believes that every employer should have the right, and every public employer or employer enjoying public subsidy should have the duty, only to deal with contractors, national or foreign, which supply goods and services manufactured and supplied by employers which recognise unions and comply with international trade union rights; further believes that the courts should have the duty to construe all existing legislation and to adapt the common law so as to make them consistent with the provisions of international trade union rights ratified by the UK and, where an existing law cannot be so construed, then, to the extent that it is inconsistent, it should be rendered void; and invites Her Majesty's Government to incorporate all the international trade union rights ratified by the UK into national law and all future legislation to be scrutinised to ensure consistency with those provisions.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

454 

Session

2000-01

Subjects

Trade unions

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk