Statutory and voluntary means of trade union recognition for collective bargaining purposes


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Practice notes

Statutory and voluntary means of trade union recognition for collective bargaining purposes


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Practice notes
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An Employer may 'recognise' a Trade union for a number of different purposes, and at one of a number of different ‘levels’. On the other hand, even where a large number of employees are members of a particular trade union, the employer in question may not wish to recognise that union for any purpose, or at any level.

In terms of purpose, an employer may recognise a union in respect of a number of specified matters relating to the employer’s relationship with its workforce, but not in respect of other such matters.

Levels of trade union recognition

Union recognition may be at a number of different levels in terms of the range of employees and premises covered. Moving from one end of the range to the other, a union may be recognised in respect of:

  1. •

    particular grades of worker at one factory

  2. •

    all of the workers at one factory

  3. •

    all workers at all of the employer’s premises

  4. •

    all workers at the premises of each employer within a group of companies

  5. •

    all workers in a particular industry

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Trade union definition
What does Trade union mean?

The name given to an organisation that represents the employment rights of a group of employees in a particular industry or company.

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