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UKHL 2is a landmark UK labour law case on the right to take part in collective bargaining. However, the actual decision which appears to allow secondary action may have been limited by developments from the 1980s.
Lord Wright famously affirmed that:
Facts
In the
Harris Tweed
Harris Tweed, (''Clò Mór'' or ''Clò Hearach'' in Gaelic) is a tweed cloth that is handwoven by islanders at their homes in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland, finished in the Outer Hebrides, and made from pure virgin wool dyed and spun in the ...
industry on the
Isle of Lewis in the
Outer Hebrides, several independent producers of tweed cloth were in a dispute with the
Transport and General Workers' Union
The Transport and General Workers' Union (TGWU or T&G) was one of the largest general trade unions in the United Kingdom and Ireland – where it was known as the Amalgamated Transport and General Workers' Union (ATGWU) to differentiate its ...
over working conditions. The TGWU called on dockers in
Stornoway, also TGWU members, to refuse to handle the yarn imported to the island by the producers.
Judgment
The House of Lords held that there was no actionable conspiracy in this case.
Lord Chancellor Simon
John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954), was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of only three peop ...
said,
Lord Thankerton said the following.
942
Year 942 ( CMXLII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Europe
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AC 435, 460
Lord Wright affirmed that the union had a right to take part in collective bargaining and more than that said,
See also
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UK labour law
United Kingdom labour law regulates the relations between workers, employers and trade unions. People at work in the UK can rely upon a minimum charter of employment rights, which are found in Acts of Parliament, Regulations, common law and equit ...
Notes
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References
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United Kingdom strike case law
United Kingdom labour case law
House of Lords cases
1942 in British law
1942 in Scotland
1942 in case law
Scottish case law
Crofting
History of the Outer Hebrides
Economic history of Scotland
United Kingdom trade union case law
1942 in labor relations