The Supreme Court building, Parliament Square, London
UNIONS hailed a “resounding” legal victory today after the Supreme Court ruled collective agreements cannot be altered without directly involving employees.
Transport company Nexus bid to retrospectively “rectify” a 2012 agreement with Unite, RMT and other unions over the Tyne and Wear Metro, in order to avoid liabilities, was thrown out.
Employees argued the agreement, which incorporated a productivity bonus into employees’ basic pay, should have increased their shift allowances.
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Ben Chacko talks to RMT leader EDDIE DEMPSEY about how the key to fixing broken Britain lies in collective sectoral bargaining, restoring unions’ ability to take solidarity strike action and bringing about the much-vaunted ‘wave of insourcing’