That this House condemns the action of LSG Lufthansa Skychefs in sacking 273 of their employees who were engaged in a lawful one-day strike following a breakdown of negotiations on new working practices, including the involvement of ACAS; notes that LSG Lufthansa Skychefs, which is the largest airline catering company in the world; refused a proposal to go to arbitration; calls on the company to reinstate the sacked workers and resume proper negotiations with the Transport and General Workers Union; and calls on the Government to introduce legislation to protect the rights of workers engaged in legal industrial action.

That this House condemns the action of LSG Lufthansa Skychefs in sacking 273 of their employees who were engaged in a lawful one-day strike following a breakdown of negotiations on new working practices, including the involvement of ACAS; notes that LSG Lufthansa Skychefs, which is the largest airline catering company...

That this House regrets that employees of Eastern National Bus Company, based in Chelmsford, have been dismissed whilst lawfully contemplating industrial action in furtherance of a trade dispute; notes that not a single employee was on strike at the time the sackings took place; regrets that the employer took this precipitate action whilst trade union representatives continue to be available for negotiations; and calls upon the parent company, Badgerline to order the reinstatement of all the dismissed employees and to initiate renewed negotiations with the Transport and General Workers Union in an endeavour to resolve the dispute to the mutual satisfaction of the employees, bus users in Essex and the company. (Relevant registered interest declared.)

That this House regrets that employees of Eastern National Bus Company, based in Chelmsford, have been dismissed whilst lawfully contemplating industrial action in furtherance of a trade dispute; notes that not a single employee was on strike at the time the sackings took place; regrets that the employer took this...

That this House expresses its dismay at the conduct of the management at the Neptune works of Scottish Stamping in Ayr in refusing to re-instate four workers, Denis MacIntosh, James Clark, Alexander Whiteside and William Reid, in accordance with a decision of an industrial tribunal which concluded that they had been unfairly dismissed by the company; notes that Scottish Stamping is owned by United Engineering Steels Ltd., a joint venture between British Steel and GKN; notes that the four workers all had long periods of loyal service at Scottish Stamping and collectively had worked for the company for one hundred and fifteen years before their dismissal; calls upon the senior management of United Engineering Steels Ltd., British Steel and GKN to reconsider their refusal to accept the decisions of the industrial tribunal in relation to the four workers sacked at Scottish Stamping; expresses its concern at the lack of statutory powers under current legislation to enable industrial tribunals to enforce re-instatement decisions and the lack of power to award compensation based on actual loss of earnings due to dismissal; and asks that the Secretary of State for Employment amends current employment legislation to ensure that decisions taken by industrial tribunals can be implemented and that awards of compensation for unfair dismissal are based on more realistic criteria.

That this House expresses its dismay at the conduct of the management at the Neptune works of Scottish Stamping in Ayr in refusing to re-instate four workers, Denis MacIntosh, James Clark, Alexander Whiteside and William Reid, in accordance with a decision of an industrial tribunal which concluded that they had...

That this House condemns in the strongest terms the attitude and actions of the management at J.S. Chinn and Company Ltd., of Coventry Road, Exhall; notes that the company has dismissed the MSF craft sector convener, who has 10 years' service with the company and has refused to listen to representations made by the workforce and the trade union about the unfairness of his selection; further notes that the workforce decided by ballot almost unanimously to strike in support of their representative, has subsequently done so and that the company has now issued them with dismissal notices; further notes that they have refused to discuss the issue with the local Member of Parliament or with the press; and calls upon all trade unions in Coventry and elsewhere to give the maximum support to the Chinns workforce.

That this House condemns in the strongest terms the attitude and actions of the management at J.S. Chinn and Company Ltd., of Coventry Road, Exhall; notes that the company has dismissed the MSF craft sector convener, who has 10 years' service with the company and has refused to listen to...

That this House condemns the decision of Bath College to sack 50 lecturers for refusing to sign contracts which the college sought to impose arbitrarily; recognises that employment protection in the United Kingdom is so weak that management can now ride roughshod over employees' rights; and calls on the governors of Bath College to rethink their position and to recognise that high standards of education are best achieved through partnership rather than confrontation.

That this House condemns the decision of Bath College to sack 50 lecturers for refusing to sign contracts which the college sought to impose arbitrarily; recognises that employment protection in the United Kingdom is so weak that management can now ride roughshod over employees' rights; and calls on the governors...

That this House notes the case of Mrs. S. Collier of Leamington Spa who lost her job because the company Be Wise asked her to work on Sunday 16th January from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and she questioned their right to do; considers the firm's behaviour to have been uncaring; and believes it casts doubt upon guarantees that were offered by those advocating Sunday deregulation.

That this House notes the case of Mrs. S. Collier of Leamington Spa who lost her job because the company Be Wise asked her to work on Sunday 16th January from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and she questioned their right to do; considers the firm's behaviour to have been...

That this House notes the agreement reached by South Glamorgan Health Authority and consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Ian Mackie under which all the allegations of gross personal and professional misconduct against the surgeon are dropped; notes that the health authority considered these charges to be so serious as to suspend Ian Mackie from work on full pay since early last summer, but now sees fit to withdraw them unreservedly; notes the remarkable similarity with the Alan Trew case, the Unit Manager of the Cardiff Royal Group of Hospitals, who was dismissed in 1991, but who sued for unfair dismissal and to whom South Glamorgan Health Authority paid a substantial sum of money in compensation on the very morning the industrial tribunal was to commence; and believes that to dismiss and suspend two senior employees in this way, but to drop the case against them on the first day of the tribunal in each case, indicates clearly that South Glamorgan Health Authority is abusing its position as employers and custodians of public money.

That this House notes the agreement reached by South Glamorgan Health Authority and consultant orthopaedic surgeon Mr Ian Mackie under which all the allegations of gross personal and professional misconduct against the surgeon are dropped; notes that the health authority considered these charges to be so serious as to suspend...

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to sack the Chairman of South Glamorgan Health Authority, Ian Grist, and its General Manager, Gordon Harrhy, for their abuse of their public office in their attempt to stitch up Ian Mackie, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Treatment Centre at the Prince of Wales Orthopaedic Hospital, Rhydlafor, Cardiff, because he spoke out against the use of the untried and untested Zimmer replacement hip joint, by suspending him on full pay since last June and then dropping the charges against Mr Mackie on the first day of the disciplinary inquiry; believes that if the Chairman and the General Manager thought the charges were serious enough to suspend Mr Mackie, they were serious enough to be heard in full, and if they were not serious enough to be put to the test, they were too trivial to justify suspending Mr Mackie for seven months; disapproves strongly of the gagging clause signed by both sides, preventing public representatives from discovering the full truth; but believes that the collapse of the case against Ian Mackie has also caused the collapse of the public reputations of the Chairman and the General Manager, whose time is clearly now up.

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Wales to sack the Chairman of South Glamorgan Health Authority, Ian Grist, and its General Manager, Gordon Harrhy, for their abuse of their public office in their attempt to stitch up Ian Mackie, consultant orthopaedic surgeon at the Treatment Centre...

That this House notes the rally which took place in Reading on 11th December to mark the first anniversary of the industrial dispute at E. Hillier & Son, where workers were sacked and then locked out, for refusing to accept pay cuts of up to 38 per cent.; congratulates the sacked workers for their resilience over the past year in defence of negotiated terms and conditions of employment; further notes the efforts of the trade unions involved in attempting to negotiate a settlement to the dispute, and the refusal of company management to concede the basic human right of trade union representations; and calls on the Government to urge E. Hillier & Son to resolve the dispute on an agreed basis, allowing the sacked employees to return to work and production to resume at an early date. (Relevant registered interest declared).

That this House notes the rally which took place in Reading on 11th December to mark the first anniversary of the industrial dispute at E. Hillier & Son, where workers were sacked and then locked out, for refusing to accept pay cuts of up to 38 per cent.; congratulates the...

That this House notes with deep concern that Berufsverbote in the former German Democratic Republic has led to the arbitrary sacking of 40,000 teachers out of a total of 170,000 which has in turn resulted in class sizes rising from 22 to over 30; welcomes the recent visit to the House of Commons by Margitta Hollich, Head Teacher of a comprehensive school in Leipzig, dismissed in 1992 for being 'close to the system', but who successfully appealed to the Leipzig Labour Court, and who now faces a vindictive appeal to the Saxony Labour Court; recognises that this political vendetta bodes ill for the democratic well-being of Germany; and wishes Margitta Hollich well in her courageous struggle for justice.

That this House notes with deep concern that Berufsverbote in the former German Democratic Republic has led to the arbitrary sacking of 40,000 teachers out of a total of 170,000 which has in turn resulted in class sizes rising from 22 to over 30; welcomes the recent visit to the...

That this House deplores the sacking of Daily Mirror political correspondence Andy McSmith; notes that this is the first known case of the sacking of a Daily Mirror political writer for no other reason than his close and long standing involvement in the Labour Party, that it follows the forced departure from the Mirror of its political editor, Alastair Campbell, and its leading investigative journalist, Paul Foot, and many more of the best known Mirror journalists, that, since the departure of Paul Foot, the Mirror has sacked Bryan Rostron, a staff member for nine years who worked on the Paul Foot page, and is in the process of sacking their colleague, Margaret Renn, who recently took over as Mother of the NUJ chapel, after the forced departure of the Father of Chapel, Trevor Davies, that the list of those sacked by the present management includes the former industrial editor, Terry Pattinson, leader writer, David Thompson, and many other journalists and print workers; considers that the banks who have become the owners of Mirror Group Newspapers through their business dealings with the late Robert Maxwell recognise that the Daily Mirror and other papers in the group have been valuable assets because of their appeal as popular, campaigning, Labour-supporting newspapers; and beleives that this commercial and political advantage is being squandered by the present management and is in danger of being lost forever.

That this House deplores the sacking of Daily Mirror political correspondence Andy McSmith; notes that this is the first known case of the sacking of a Daily Mirror political writer for no other reason than his close and long standing involvement in the Labour Party, that it follows the forced...

That this House refers to EDM No. 1000, Dismissal of British National Party Member, and expresses its concern that after British National Party member, Simon Chadwick, was dismissed by the Department of Employment, disciplinary charges were taken out against 14 CPSA members of the Department of Employment staff in Sheffield for their activities in campaigning to have him dismissed from the sensitive public position which he occupied in the Employment Service; and believes that in an international climate of increased activity by fascists and fascist organisations, the Government should take a clear stand against those who advocate fascism instead of those who act in opposition to it.

That this House refers to EDM No. 1000, Dismissal of British National Party Member, and expresses its concern that after British National Party member, Simon Chadwick, was dismissed by the Department of Employment, disciplinary charges were taken out against 14 CPSA members of the Department of Employment staff in Sheffield...

That this House condemns the dismissal by the British School of Motoring of Kath Nicol, a franchised driving instructor in Birmingham, following her efforts to raise a petition amongst British School of Motoring instructors expressing concern about the company's decision to use Spanish-built Vauxhall Corsa cars rather than British-built Rover Metros; believes that the British School of Motoring's actions not only show a disregard to jobs in the British motor industry but also for freedom of speech and basic standards of treatment of those who work for the company; deplores British School of Motoring's use of franchise contracts to evade the standards of conduct that would be expected of the company under employment law; notes that the British School of Motoring has even attempted to cover up its action by inventing a pretext for the dismissal of Mrs Nicol; and therefore calls for a boycott of the British School of Motoring.

That this House condemns the dismissal by the British School of Motoring of Kath Nicol, a franchised driving instructor in Birmingham, following her efforts to raise a petition amongst British School of Motoring instructors expressing concern about the company's decision to use Spanish-built Vauxhall Corsa cars rather than British-built Rover...

That this House condemns the high handed and arbitrary actions of the management in the Timex plant in Dundee which has led to the unjustified dismissal of 343 workers for defending established procedures and conditions in the plant; deplores the way the recent employment legislation of the Government has been cynically used by the employers to prejudice the workforce; and calls for the management to end the lock out and to enter immediate negotiations with the trade unions representing the workforce.

That this House condemns the high handed and arbitrary actions of the management in the Timex plant in Dundee which has led to the unjustified dismissal of 343 workers for defending established procedures and conditions in the plant; deplores the way the recent employment legislation of the Government has been...

That this House commends the Department of Employment for taking action to dismiss Simon Chadwick a member of the British National Party, from his post in the Inner Cities Unit having previously been employed at its job centre in Church Street, Sheffield; gives its full support to the campaign run by the Civil and Public Services Association and their supporters to expose Chadwick's views and British National Party membership and to campaign for his dismissal; requests the Department of Employment to drop all threatened disciplinary action against CPSA branch officers; affirms its viewpoint that those who engage in fascist and racist activities, whether inside or outside their employment, are not fit people to hold sensitive jobs in public service; and trusts that Government departments will act with similar speed and determination in all future such cases.

That this House commends the Department of Employment for taking action to dismiss Simon Chadwick a member of the British National Party, from his post in the Inner Cities Unit having previously been employed at its job centre in Church Street, Sheffield; gives its full support to the campaign run...

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.

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...

That this House, noting that Mr Stuart Ingham, the Chief Executive of the United Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, has misled members of the public by stating that the inquiry held in 1989 into allegations made by Dr Chris Chapman was conducted by Coopers & Lybrand; further noting that Coopers and Lybrand have denied taking part in any independent inquiry in 1989, calls upon the Secretary of State to dismiss Mr Ingham for his lack of integrity and for misleading the public, and to reinstate Dr Chris Chapman, who until July 1992 was employed as a senior biochemist at the Leeds General Infirmary; and recognises that Dr Chapman was dismissed because he had the courage and the integrity to draw attention to fraud and irregularities at the Leeds General Infirmary.

That this House, noting that Mr Stuart Ingham, the Chief Executive of the United Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, has misled members of the public by stating that the inquiry held in 1989 into allegations made by Dr Chris Chapman was conducted by Coopers & Lybrand; further noting that Coopers and...

That this House condemns the decision to sack Dr Chris Chapman from his job as senior biochemist at the Leeds General Infirmary; recognises that Dr Chapman's work has saved the NHS millions of pounds, and that he is a highly regarded scientist; applauds Dr Chapman's integrity, and acknowledges that the allegations of financial and scientific irregularities have been proven to be accurate; sees the decision to sack Dr Chapman as an attempt to stop him telling the truth, and as part of a personal vendetta against him, because he has told the truth; calls for a full public inquiry into Dr Chapman's sacking and the allegations of financial and scientific irregularities; and asks the inquiry to look in detail into the part played in the financial and scientific irregularities by Mr Stuart Ingham, Professor John Whicker and Dr Ian Barnes

That this House condemns the decision to sack Dr Chris Chapman from his job as senior biochemist at the Leeds General Infirmary; recognises that Dr Chapman's work has saved the NHS millions of pounds, and that he is a highly regarded scientist; applauds Dr Chapman's integrity, and acknowledges that the...