§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has evidence that workers are being dismissed for joining trade unions.
§ Mr. Harold Walker,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 29th June 1977; Vol. 934, c. 248], gave the following information:
The decisions of the industrial tribunals indicate that workers are being unfairly dismissed for joining independent trade unions or for taking part in the activities of such unions.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Employment which sections of which statutes specifically protect the right of a worker to join a trade union without for that reason incurring his dismissal.
§ Mr. Harold Walker,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 29th June 1977; Vol. 934, c. 248], gave the following information:
Paragraph 6(4)(a) of Schedule 1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 and Section 78 of the Employment Protection Act 1975.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Employment if he has evidence that workers are being dismissed for failure to join a trade union.
§ Mr. Harold Walker,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th June 1977], gave the following information:
The decisions of the industrial tribunals indicate that workers are being dismissed for failure to join a trade union in a closed shop.
§ Mr. Tebbitasked the Secretary of State for Employment which sections of which statutes specifically protect the right of a worker to refuse to join a trades union without for that reason incurring his dismissal.
§ Mr. Harold Walker,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 30th June 1977] gave the following information:
Paragraph 6(4)(c) of Schedule 1 to the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 as amended by the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Amendment) Act 1976 provides protection for a worker 380W who refuses to join a trade union which is not an independent trade union. Paragraph 6(5) of the same schedule provides protection for a worker who refuses to join a closed shop union if he genuinely objects on grounds of religious belief to being a member of any trade union whatsoever.