Picked up on an interesting blog posting about whether employment blacklists that target trade unionists and other workplace 'agitators' exist.
The Socialist Worker has previously reported that big firms in the construction industry drew up lists of so-called troublemakers to prevent them getting work across the industry.
The Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992 is supposed to make it illegal to refuse employment on the grounds of union membership.
Posting a comment on the blog, Ian Manborde, a lecturer in trade union studies at Ruskin College, Oxford, said the legislation had been ineffective at preventing abuse.
"An issue I have witnessed as someone that works extensively with trade unions reps and officers from a wide variety of unions is the use of a varient of blacklisting being used to identify trade union representatives through the TUPE negotiating processes and the bogus selection of them for non-transfer of redundancy purposes post-transfer."
Basically, when a company get bought or outsourced, unionists get sacked rather than move to the new employer.
I would be interested to hear your views and experiences? Do blacklists exist or is it just a case of union scare-mongering? Please post your comments.
Comments (1)
Hi Mike,
I was very pleased that you had picked up on this conversation but saddened that there was no reply to your question.
Can I at least ask for your personal opinion on the issue?
Cheers
Ian
Posted by Ian Manborde | June 6, 2008 9:23 PM
Posted on June 6, 2008 21:23