Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Clelland (Labour), on Friday, 25 September 1992, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 39 members in total.

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SPARTAN REDEUGH DISPUTE

That this House deplores Conservative employment legislation which is designed to deliver British workers, bound and gagged, into the hands of unscrupulous employers; notes the recent Workplace Industrial Relations Report which demonstrates the detrimental effects of these laws on British people with no corresponding economic or industrial benefits; condemns the Board of G.M. Firth (Holdings) plc in condoning the bullying and uncouth tactics of its American chairman who has, by the use of employment legislation, brought Spartan Redeugh, an efficient, profitable, respected manufacturing plant with a long history of excellent industrial relations to a standstill by the wholesale sacking of a loyal workforce; and calls upon the shareholders of G.M. Firth (Holdings) plc to investigate the circumstances surrounding the dispute, the past history of their chairman, the collapse in the value of their shares during the period of his chairmanship and the black future now facing the Gateshead plant and good Tyneside families as a result of his complete mishandling of the company's affairs.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

566 

Session

1992-93

Subjects

Conditions of employment Employment Legislation Dismissal Spartan Redeugh GM Firth Holdings

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk