Seaboard Airlines entered into a contract with a foreign airline. The employees sought more pay for extra work. Seaboard Airlines refused this. TGWU union conveyed a decision to Seaboard Airlines employees not to do extra work without receiving more pay. Seaboard Airlines complained that this was unfair industrial practice. Held: The only legitimate practice that…
Cases: Employment law
University College London Hospitals N.H.S. Trust v. Unison [1999] ICR 204, CA
In this case, the employer refused to enter into negotiations with the trade union on terms that may be imposed on a new employer. The identity of the new employer was not known at the time of the refusal to enter into negotiations with the trade union. Held: The refusal did not constitute a trade…
Joshua Wilson & Bros Ltd v Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied [1978] IRLR 120
The employer allowed the ‘shop steward’ to put up a notice publicising a wage increase. (‘This seems to us an act of recognition with reference to terms and conditions of employment’). The employers recognised a union representative in that they allowed him to collect union dues on the premises. Held: Despite the employer not recognising…
Amalgamated Union of Engineering Workers v Sefton Engineering Co Ltd [1976] IRLR 318
Negotiations in relation to two shop stewards of the trade union did not constitute recognition of the trade union.
Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers v Sketchley Ltd [1981] IRLR 291, [1981] ICR 644
An agreement to consult is not an agreement to negotiate. An agreement to consult does not amount to recognition for collective bargaining. The trade union threatened a strike when it found out about the employer’s ‘damning program’. The trade union called the strike off in return for the employer’s promise to inform it about specific…