Mr. Ted Fletcherasked the Secretary of State for Employment whether he is aware of the anti-trade union attitude of Automatic Data Processing Limited, a foreign owned firm; and what steps his Department proposes to take, by means of conciliation, to ensure that staff employed by this firm are allowed to join their appropriate trade union.
§ Mr. Maurice MacmillanMy officials have met representatives of both the company and the union and offered to assist in any dispute between them about trade union recognition. The present position at the Bradford branch is however that only one employee of the company is a member of the Association of Professional Executive, Clerical and Computer Staff and my Department has not received any complaints from individuals that they are not being allowed to join the union of their choice.