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is 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

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industry on the

Isle of Lewis The Isle of Lewis ( gd, Eilean Leòdhais) or simply Lewis ( gd, Leòdhas, ) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides archipelago in Scotland. The two parts are frequently referred to as ...

in the

Outer Hebrides The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

, 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 Stornoway (; gd, Steòrnabhagh; sco, Stornowa) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland. The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well a ...

, 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.

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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,

Notes

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References

* 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

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