HEATONS TRANSPORT (ST. HELENS) LTD. v. TRANSPORT AND GENERAL WORKERS' UNION CRADDOCK BROTHERS v. SAME PANALPINA SERVICES LTD. AND ANOTHER v. SAME AND OTHERS

June 13,1972 Industrial Relations - Unregistered trade union - Unpaid shop stewards elected by fellow members with union authority to negotiate at local level with dock employers - Shop stewards initiating campaign of blacking container lorries after blacking by unregistered union knowingly inducing...

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Published in:Managerial law 1973-04, Vol.14 (1), p.1-47
Main Authors: Denning, Buckley, L.J, Roskill, L.J
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:June 13,1972 Industrial Relations - Unregistered trade union - Unpaid shop stewards elected by fellow members with union authority to negotiate at local level with dock employers - Shop stewards initiating campaign of blacking container lorries after blacking by unregistered union knowingly inducing breaches of contract made "unfair industrial practice" by statute - Industrial Court orders to union to stop specified blacking - Union advice to shop stewards to obey court orders rejected - Court finding union in contempt and liable to fines and to compensate complainants for unfair industrial practices - Shop stewards agents, not servants of union - Whether evidence of implied authority from union to agents to black - Union not responsible for conduct of shop stewards acting outside scope of express or implied authority - Industrial Relations Act, 1971 (c.72) ss. 96(1), 101,167(1) (9).
ISSN:0309-0558
1758-8014
DOI:10.1108/eb022191