Anti-union laws: "workers must defy injunctions"
What’s happening is three things. The first is that in disputes which involve large numbers of workers, the possibility of being able to apply for an injunction based on a failure in the balloting process is that much greater. More workers involved means more complexity in meeting the legal requirements, especially where there are many different grades of worker and they work at many different workplaces. The second is that in the last couple of years case law has set new precedents which widen the terrain for employers to apply for injunctions. One employment law firm has been key to pushing...