While it’s inevitable that in some instances industrial action will go ahead despite all feasible attempts to prevent it, in the vast majority of cases disputes can be settled between employer and employee without the need for union intervention. George Archer reports.
The juxtaposition between Unilever employees waving banners outside the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre and the smartly dressed Westminster dons on their way to the House of Parliament was profound. Protesting against the closure of their final salary pension scheme, the Anglo-Dutch manufacturer’s workers were resorting to direct industrial action after the company announced its…
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