We're pleased to report that our ballot on industrial action is back under way. Notice was sent to the company on 23rd July. Ballot papers will be sent out on Wednesday 30th July, and voting will close on Tuesday 19th August.
Copies of the notice of ballot sent to the company are displayed on the union noticeboard and in the union office.
We'd stopped our last ballot after threats from the company to use the anti trade-union laws. The threat was not only to challenge the legality of the ballot, but of any action that resulted from it. The justification was on a technicality concerning the wording of the notice sent to the company seven days before the ballot opened.
It's a good argument for the repeal of the anti trade-union laws. Far from protecting members from their union, they are about preventing members making their views known.
Posted by IA at July 24, 2003 03:23 PM