Bosses use courts to undermine strikes... AGAIN

Submitted by AWL on 1 April, 2010 - 4:15 Author: Ira Berkovic

After pulling a similar stunt with the British Airways dispute, bosses (this time, Network Rail) on 1 April successfully sought a High Court injunction to prevent a democratically-mandated strike action from taking place.

The court decision indicates that any large strike ballot decision can be blocked by an injunction, since any large ballot is bound to include a few errors, and judges are always likely to say that the "balance of convenience" favours instructing the union to ballot again rather than allowing the strike to go ahead.

It confirms again the despicable nature of the decision by the New Labour governments since 1997 to leave the Tories' anti-union laws on the book, and the need for a strong campaign to win the repeal of the anti-union laws and a positive charter of workers' rights.

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Submitted by Janine on Fri, 02/04/2010 - 17:00

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