Industrial action

Links to archived editions are below.  To read newer editions of the LELR from 1st May 2011 onwards visit Industrial Action.

Accidental Failure (Weekly 213)
ASLEF v London Midland (conjoined with RMT v Serco)
Ballot Figures (Weekly 213)
RMT v SERCO (conjoined with ASLEF v London Midland)
Decisions in two important industrial action cases (Weekly 208)
News in Brief
RMT -v- United Kingdom (126)
RMT claim against the UK government
The three main requirements (126)
Three key obligations under industrial action law
Industrial action: step by step (126)
General overview of the steps that unions should follow when taking industrial action
It Never Ends (Weekly 169)
Milford Haven Port Authority v UNITE
Striking a deal (Weekly 134)
Metrobus v UNITE
Taking Action (Weekly 55)
Cooper and ors v Isle of Wight College
Post your Rights (Weekly 49)
Laval un Partneri Ltd v Svenska Byggnadsarbetareförbundet and ors
Hoisting the Flag (Weekly 49)
International Transport Workers’ Federation and anor v Viking Line APB and anor
Industrial Action (Weekly 46)
ECJ decision in ITF v Viking Line
Industrially Deducted (Weekly 37)
Spackman v London Metropolitan University (2007, IRLR 744)
Towards a Trade Union Freedom Bill (111)
A Trade Union view of Industrial Action
Ballot before action (88)
British Telecommunications plc v Communications Workers Union (IDS Brief 753)
Action on ballots (86)
Willerby Holiday Homes Ltd v Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (IDS Brief 749)
School's out (78)
P v NASUWT [2003] UKHL 8 (House of Lords)
Striking a Dynamic victory (76)
Davis v Friction Dynamics (Employment Tribunal, Unreported Liverpool ET, case no. 6500432/02)
Industrial inaction (75)
Burgess and others v Stevedoring Services Limited [2002] IRLR 810
Train in vain (66)
RMT v Midland Mainline [2001] IRLR 813 (Court of Appeal)
Teachers' action ruled lawful (59)
P v NASUWT (Court of Appeal, 9 May 2001)
We're only making plans (57)
RMT v London Underground Limited (Court of Appeal, 16 February 2001)
Westminster City Council v UNISON (Court of Appeal, 21 March 2001)
Preparing for action (50)
Draft Code of Practice on Industrial Action Ballots and Notices to Employees
Strike knocked off track (35)
London Underground Limited v RMT, IDS Brief 636
When is a strike not a strike? (34)
Connex v RMT [1999]
IRLR 249
Strike setback (29)
UCLH NHS Trust v UNISON
Wrongful interference with a contract: what does it take? (14)
TimePlan Education Group Limited v NUT [1997] IRLR 457 CA
Tories plan tighter restrictions on industrial action and trade unions (7)
Injunction hits the buffers (5)
Intercity West Coast Ltd v RMT {1996] IRLR 583
Industrial pressure or industrial action? (4)
Knowles v FBU (unreported, Court of Appeal 31 July 1996)
What is industrial action? (1)
FBU v Knowles [1996] IRLR 337

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