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Proceeding contribution from Pat McFadden (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 4 November 2008. It occurred during Debate on bill on Employment Bill [Lords].


Employment Bill [Lords]

As I said, representations have been made to us about the difficulty that the law imposes on trade unions' organising industrial action. There is a rationale behind that difficulty, because we want disputes to be properly organised and for there to be a ballot where people can express their views in private and make a free choice. In response to those representations, is the right thing to do, as the new clause proposes, to place an onus on the employer to aid the union in organising the industrial action?


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
482 c176 
Session
2007-08
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Complaints Contracts Ballots Climate change Employment Industrial relations Industrial disputes Information Employment agencies Leave Protection Membership Minimum wage Political parties Redundancy Tribunals Trade unions Strikes Unfair dismissal British National Party Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
Legislation
Employment Bill (HL) 2007-08
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk