TUC leader expects wave of union recognition in private sector over coming year
Summary
TUC general secretary Paul Nowak expects hundreds or thousands of new union recognition agreements in the UK private sector over the next year. New rules under the Employment Rights Act give unions rights to enter workplaces or contact staff electronically, with a formal process for access requests when employers and unions cannot agree.Key Facts
- The workplace access rules take effect on Friday, according to the article.
- From January, employers must tell workers about their right to join a union.
- A YouGov poll for the TUC found that 62% of workers support a union negotiating on their behalf over pay and conditions.
- The same poll found that 36% of non-union members would not know how to join a union.
- Nowak cited agreements between John Lewis and Usdaw, and between the GMB and the Maritime and Coastguard Agency.
- The Central Arbitration Committee will oversee a formal process for unions seeking workplace access when they cannot reach agreement with an employer.
- Just over one-fifth of UK workers belong to a trade union, compared with more than half in 1979.
- Other planned workers’ rights changes include restrictions on zero-hours contracts; the article says these have not yet taken effect.
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